The Creative Art of Fiction (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Creative Art of Fiction Not all fiction is artistically great, or even correct, nor is immediate success a fair test of quality. The relation of a piece of literature to the reading public is determined by many and complex elements. In the beginning, theartistic quality of the novel may weigh least in its popularity. Maximum sales are often due to special interest in the subject at the time of publication, as in the case of Robert Elsntere, le Heavenly Twins, T riloy, and a score of other novels that have shot, like meteors, across the literary firmament, and disappeared. Or, the story may contain a picture, photographically real, of life and human interest in one generation, or in a definite locality, and, without art in the presentation, maintain a firm hold upon the hearts of readers who have experienced, even remotely, the life depicted. Such are stories of colonial adventure under conditions that have passed, traditionally, to the descendants of the first settlers, such is David Harnnt, and, possibly, The Bonnie Brzer Bus/z. Not until stories of this kind have outlived the generation and the conditions of life that gave them birth, can it be seen whether art in the presentation mingles with human interest in the subject in such a manner as to secure permanence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.