{"product_id":"how-to-read-a-novel","title":"How to Read a Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Caroline Gordon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow to Read a Novel\u003c\/b\u003e answers two key questions: “What is a novel?” and “How should it be read?” Moving effortlessly amongst authors and critics alike, Gordon considers moralism and improperly reading a novel; Dickens, Maritain, and the novel as an art form; complication and resolution in Sophocles and Beatrix Potter; Balzac, Flaubert, and scene composition; Thackeray, Tolstoy, and authorial viewpoint; Hemingway, Faulkner, and narrative styles; the criticisms and the triumphs of Henry James; the challenge of accomplishing tone, style, and the central image; Fielding, Sartre, and the decline of the hero; fiction as the intersection of illusion and reality; the novel and the consolation of the truth; and the art of reading purely for the sake of enjoyment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll true works of fiction have their scenes laid in the same country, and the events take place in the same climate: that country, that climate which we all long for and in our several ways strive to reach—the region where truth is eternal and man immortal and flowers never fade. \u003c\/i\u003e(Caroline Gordon)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFirst published in 1953, \u003ci\u003eHow to Read a Novel\u003c\/i\u003e is a stimulating yet leisurely tour through the development of fiction that offers a spirited account of the novel’s goal and the means of arriving there for writers and readers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCaroline Gordon\u003c\/strong\u003e (1895–1981) was an American novelist and critic. Her writing earned her the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship and O. Henry Award and a prominent place in the Southern Renaissance. A convert to Catholicism, she was friend and mentor to Flannery O’Connor, Walker Percy, and others. Robert Penn Warren praised her for “enriching our literature uniquely.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e * * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; E-book:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE-book:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Immediately following purchase, an .epub file and a .mobi (Kindle) file are available for download.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1950970193\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- \/wp:paragraph --\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":51320570708256,"sku":"978-1950970193","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"E-book","offer_id":51320570741024,"sku":"978-1950970194","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/3678\/2112\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1506.jpg?v=1773075979","url":"https:\/\/treewee.store\/products\/how-to-read-a-novel","provider":"Tree of Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}