The Craft of Fiction

by Percy Lubbock

Book Overview

This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1495318818
• ISBN13: 9781495318818
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Foundational

This, like E. M. Forster's "Aspects of the Novel," is an essential work of criticism, and it's nice to see it back in print. Lubbock's outlook is an extension of Henry James's. He is more immediately accessible than the Master, and he illustrates the "craft" by reference to classic novels such as Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina," Flaubert's "Madame Bovary," Thackeray's "Vanity Fair," and of course James's own works, particularly "The Ambassadors." Lubbock, Forster, F. R. Leavis's "The Great Tradition," and Ian Watt's "Rise of the Novel" give you what you need to know if you want to understand the central canon in Anglo-American and European fiction.

A MUST BUY

This is the book recommended by graham greene in his autobiography.he had studied this book inside out before embarking on his illustrious career. I suppose no other stamp off approval is needed after that.....