Aspects of the Novel

by E. M. Forster Narrated by Graham Scott

Overview

Aspects of the Novel is compiled from a series of lectures delivered in 1927 by E. M. Forster at Trinity College, Cambridge, in which he discussed the English language novel. By using examples from classic texts, he explores the seven universal aspects of the novel: story, characters, plot, fantasy, prophecy, pattern, and rhythm.

Editorial Reviews

Jacques Barzun

We discover, under [Forster's] casual and wittily acute guidance, many things about the literary magic which transmutes the dull stuff of He—said and She—said into characters, stories, and intimations of truth.
—Harper's Magazine

Theodore Spencer

Mr. Forster's volume is more than a discussion of a literary form, it is a discussion of experience, of life, an admirable and delightful reflection of a mind that has recognized it's own affinity with Erasmus and Montaigne.
—New York Times Book Review

Product Details

BN ID:	2940159868275
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	05/30/2023
Edition description:	Unabridged

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