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    The Art of Fiction
    The Art of Fiction
    The Art of Fiction
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    The Art of Fiction

    Written by Walter Besant

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    About this audiobook

    A lecture on the art of fiction, given by the English critic Walter Besant on April 25, 1884, and an answer to the lecture by American writer Henry James in the same year. (Summary by Julie VW)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    The Art of Fiction
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    Walter Besant

    Walter Besant (1836–1901) was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire and studied at King's College, London. He would later work in higher education at Royal College, Mauritius, where he taught mathematics. During this time, Besant also began his extensive writing career. In 1868 he published Studies in Early French Poetry followed by a fruitful collaboration with James Rice, which produced Ready-money Mortiboy (1872), and The Golden Butterfly(1876). Besant’s career spanned genres and mediums including fiction, non-fiction, plays and various collections.

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