Aspects of the Novel

Collection of literary lectures by E. M. Forster, published in 1927. For the purposes of his study, Forster defines the novel as " any fictitious prose work over 50,000 words." Forester's wit and lively, informed originality have made this study of the novel a classic. Avoiding the chronological approach of what he calls " pseudoscholarship," Forster freely examines elements that all English-language novels have in common: story, people, plot, fantasy, prophecy, pattern and rhythm.