An introduction to the English Novel 2
- 192 pages
- 7 hours of reading
An Introduction to the English Novel discusses how and why the novel developed in England in the eighteenth century. The book looks at the function and background of prose fiction, focusing its arguments around the study of carefully selected books that have had a significant impact on its development. The author examines the progress in the long struggle of the novelist to see life steadily and whole, and points out some of the problems and hazards that beset the writer still.