Project Gutenberg 2023-12-17 Public domain in the USA. 249 Wharton, Edith 1862 1937 Wharton, Edith Newbold Jones Olivieri, David 25021277 The writing of fiction $aNew York :$bCharles Scribner's Sons, $c1925. In general -- Telling a short story -- Constructing a novel -- Character and situation in the novel -- Marcel Proust. Tim Lindell, David E. Brown, Joyce Wilson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Writing of Fiction" by Edith Wharton is a guide on the craft of writing fiction, written in the early 20th century. This work explores the fundamentals of storytelling, including character development, narrative structure, and the evolution of the novel as an art form. Through her analysis of historical figures in literature, Wharton aims to illuminate the principles of effective fiction writing and the nuanced role of technique in achieving emotional depth and realism. The opening of the text sets the stage for a discussion on the nature and evolution of fiction, illustrating how modern novels shifted from external action to exploring the inner lives of characters. Wharton emphasizes the transformative contributions of notable writers like Balzac and Stendhal, who moved away from conventional narrative forms to create complex, relatable characters influenced by their environments. She critiques both the superficial slice-of-life style and the unoriginality in contemporary writing, thereby advocating for a thoughtful, deeper approach to craft that engages both the writer's imagination and their moral reasoning. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/writingoffiction0000whar/page/n7/mode/2up 20210118021255wharton 1925 US Reading ease score: 45.4 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Fiction -- Technique Fiction -- Authorship Creative writing PN Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: How To ... 212504 2025-06-28T13:34:36.282415 text/html 187581 2023-12-17T20:31:57 text/html 590078 2025-06-28T13:34:40.558922 application/epub+zip 587503 2025-06-28T13:34:37.450439 application/epub+zip 234858 2025-06-28T13:34:36.831420 application/epub+zip 1055338 2025-06-28T13:34:42.952872 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 777456 2025-06-28T13:34:40.050934 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 189444 2025-06-28T13:34:35.986411 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 169543 2023-12-17T20:31:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16730 2025-06-28T13:34:43.086852 application/rdf+xml 14074 2025-06-28T13:34:37.023455 image/jpeg 2050 2025-06-28T13:34:36.926381 image/jpeg 742767 2025-06-28T13:34:36.313441 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 fr.wikipedia