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A rare work of nonfiction from Edith Wharton, The Writing of Fiction contains timeless advice on writing and reading well from the first woman ever to win a Pulitzer Prizenow with a new introduction by Brandon Taylor.
In 1921, Edith Wharton won a Pulitzer Prize for her first novel, The Age of Innocence. Over the course of her career, she would continue to produce beloved, bestselling workfrom The House of Mirth to The Custom of the Countryand gained a reputation for her incisive critiques of her upper-class social circle. To each new generation of readers, her work remains fresh, formally remarkable, and endlessly entertaining.
The Writing of Fiction is a window into Whartons mind as she ponders the intertwined arts of writing and reading. Wharton provides invaluable insight on the subjects of character, the challenge of finely-tuned short stories, the construction of a novel, and more. Beyond a treatise on craft, The Writing of Fiction is a sweeping meditation by a masterful practitioner and a rare chance to experience the inimitable voice of one of Americas most influential novelists.
Author: Edith Wharton
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 10/08/1997
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.52w x 0.34d
ISBN: 9780684845319
Language: English
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