A Novelist on Novels
by Walter Lionel George
Publisher: W. Collins Sons & Co 1918
ISBN/ASIN: 1112380191
Number of pages: 245
Description:
The chapters that follow have been written in varying moods, and express the fluctuating feelings aroused in the author by the modern novel and its treatment at the hands of the public. Though unrelated with the novel, the chapters on 'Falstaff,' 'The Esperanto of Art,' and 'The Twilight of Genius' have been included, either because artistically in keeping with other chapters, or because their general implications affect the fiction form.
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