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The Writing of Fiction
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.
Book Details
- Publisher: Scribner Book Company
- Publish Date: Oct 8th, 1997
- Pages: 128
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.44in - 5.52in - 0.34in - 0.28lb
- EAN: 9780684845319
- Categories: • Writing - General• General
About the Author
Wharton, Edith: - Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was an American novelist--the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Age of Innocence in 1921--as well as a short story writer, playwright, designer, reporter, and poet. Her other works include Ethan Frome, The House of Mirth, and Roman Fever and Other Stories. Born into one of New York's elite families, she drew upon her knowledge of upper-class aristocracy to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age.
Praise for this book
"There are only three or four American novelists who can be thought of as 'major'--and Edith Wharton is one."--Gore Vidal
"Edith Wharton is my favorite writer and her incisive indictments of the wealthy class she was a part of, are endlessly interesting to me."--Roxane Gay, Medium
"Edith Wharton was there before all of us; disdainful, imperious, brilliant foremother."--The Millions