The Sheltered Life Ellen Glasgow 30 İndirim — Ellen Glasgow

Nothing except the weather report or a general maxim of conduct is so unsafe to rely upon as a theory of fiction Every great novel has broken many conventions The greatest of all novels defies every formula and only Mr Percy Lubbock believes that War and Peace would be greater if it were another and an entirely different book By this I do not mean to question Mr Lubbock s critical insight The Craft of Fiction is the best work in its limited field and it may be studied to advantage by any novelist In the first chapters there is a masterly analysis of War and Peace Yet after reading this with appreciation I still think that Tolstoy was the best judge of what his book was about and of how long it should be Tanıtım Bülteninden

Nothing except the weather report or a general maxim of conduct is so unsafe to rely upon as a theory of fiction Every great novel has broken many conventions The greatest of all novels defies every formula and only Mr Percy Lubbock believes that War and Peace would be greater if it were another and an entirely different book By this I do not mean to question Mr Lubbocks critical insight The Craft of Fiction is the best work in its limited field and it may be studied to advantage by any novelist In the first chapters there is a masterly analysis of War and Peace Yet after reading this with appreciation I still think that Tolstoy was the best judge of what his book was about and of how long it should be