num_pages: 96
description: The Art of Fiction: A Lecture Delivered at the Royal Institution on Friday Evening, April 25, 1884 by Walter BesantIn this classic essay which originally appeared in his 1888 collection Partial Portraits, Henry James argues against rigid proscriptions on the novelist's choice of subject and method of treatment. He maintains that the widest possible freedom in content and approach will help ensure narrative fiction's continued vitality.
language: English
title: The art of fiction
publisher: Nabu Press