num_pages: 264
description: "Nowadays, most readers take the intersection between fiction and fact for granted. We've developed a faculty for pretending that even the most bizarre literary inventions are, for the nonce, real. . . . The value of Davis's book is that it explores the h
language: English
title: Factual Fictions: The Origins of the English Novel
titlecomplete: Factual Fictions: The Origins of the English Novel
genres: Literary Criticism, Theory, Books About Books
ratings_count: 21
publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press