Printed in the United States of America

TO
GAILLARD LAPSLEY

CONTENTS

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I. In General[ 1]
II. Telling a Short Story[ 31]
III. Constructing a Novel[ 59]
IV. Character and Situation in the Novel [ 123]
V. Marcel Proust[ 149]

THE WRITING OF FICTION

I
IN GENERAL

The Writing of Fiction

I
IN GENERAL