The Writing of Fiction

The Writing of Fiction
Edith Wharton
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Paperback
h214 x 140mm - 128pg
8 Oct 1997 US
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9780684845319
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A rare work of nonfiction from Edith Wharton, The Writing of Fiction contains brilliant advice on writing from the first woman ever to win a Pulitzer Prize -- for her first novel The Age of Innocence. In The Writing of Fiction, Wharton provides general comments on the roots of modern fiction, the various approaches to writing a piece of fiction, and the development of form and style. She also devotes entire chapters to the telling of a short story, the construction of a novel, and the importance of character and situation in the novel. Not only a valuable treatise on the art of writing, The Writing of Fiction also allows readers to experience the inimitable but seldom heard voice of one of America' s most important and beloved writers, and includes a final chapter on the pros and cons of Marcel Proust.
Gore Vidal There are only three or four American novelists who can be thought of as "major" -- and Edith Wharton is one.
Edith Wharton was born in 1862 into one of New York' s older and richer families, and was educated here and abroad. Her works include The Age of Innocence, Ethan Frome, The House of Mirth, and Roman Fever and Other Stories. As a keen observer and chronicler of society, she is without peer. Edith Wharton died in France in 1937.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780684845319
Published: 8 Oct 1997
Published In: United States
Imprint: Scribner
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback
Height: 214mm
Width: 140mm
Spine: 10mm
Weight: 125g
Pages: 128

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