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How fiction works by James Wood · Booklabria

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How fiction works

History and criticismTechnique

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First published: 2008
Language: English
Editions: 2

Synopsis

Provides a somewhat academic approach to a discussion of the main elements of fiction using examples (good and bad) from literature.

Subjects: History and criticism
Technique
Authorship
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Characters: William Shakespeare
Jane Austen
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Virginia Woolf
Leo Tolstoy graf

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