| CHAPTER | | PAGE | | Introduction | ix | | I | The Purpose of Fiction | 1 | | II | Realism and Romance | 23 | | II | IThe Nature of Narrative | 42 | | IV | Plot | 58 | | V | Characters | 75 | | VI | Setting | 97 | | VII | The Point of View in Narrative | 117 | | VIII | Emphasis in Narrative | 136 | | IX | The Epic, the Drama, and the Novel | 153 | | X | The Novel, the Novelette, and the Short-story | 168 | | XI | The Structure of the Short-story | 184 | | XII | The Factor of Style | 201 | | Index | 221 |
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