Project Gutenberg 2011-02-18 Public domain in the USA. 126 Davidson, John 1857 1909 A Practical Novelist Produced by C. P. Boyko "A Practical Novelist" by John Davidson is a novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative centers around Maxwell Lee, an unsuccessful literary figure who, together with his wife Caroline and brother-in-law Peter Briscoe, embarks on an ambitious project to create a novel that transcends traditional storytelling by integrating real-life experiences and actions into its plot. This unconventional approach to fiction raises questions about the very nature of storytelling and character development. The opening of the story introduces the trio engaged in a lively discussion about the state of the novel and the creative process. Maxwell, dismissive of conventional writing, proposes to "create" rather than merely "write" a novel, leading to a comedic twist when Peter arrives with an unconscious man, purportedly a millionaire, whom he has "bagged" as the hero for their story. This unexpected development sets the stage for a tale that blurs the lines between fiction and reality, as the characters grapple with their predicament while Max's ambitious ideas about novel creation begin to take shape. As the narrative unfolds, tensions between artistic ambition and personal dilemmas emerge, foreshadowing deeper conflicts within the plot. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fiction PR Text Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: British Literature 198501 2025-09-14T10:18:31.848160 text/html 198322 2025-01-14T11:15:51.408333 text/html 146897 2025-09-14T10:18:37.522163 application/epub+zip 149275 2025-09-14T10:18:34.404127 application/epub+zip 130182 2025-09-14T10:18:33.351120 application/epub+zip 286535 2025-09-14T10:18:39.912104 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 268816 2025-09-14T10:18:36.901123 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 243464 2022-09-16T08:08:27.223125 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 174066 2025-09-14T10:18:31.579145 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 174006 2021-01-07T12:42:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17283 2025-09-14T10:18:40.036081 application/rdf+xml 14362 2025-09-14T10:18:33.858141 image/jpeg 3726 2025-09-14T10:18:33.618199 image/jpeg 68596 2021-01-07T12:42:11 application/octet-stream application/zip 146125 2025-09-14T10:18:31.864120 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia