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This is a Boundary Bay Classics edition of Aspects of the Novel, E. M. Forster's seminal 1927 work of literary criticism, developed from the Clark Lectures he delivered at Trinity College, Cambridge. Forster examines the novel through seven aspects: story, people, plot, fantasy, prophecy, pattern, and rhythm, drawing on examples from Austen, Dickens, Dostoevsky, Proust, Melville, and many others.

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Developed from the Clark Lectures Forster delivered at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1927, this is one of the most influential works of English literary criticism, introducing the enduring distinction between "flat" and "round" characters.

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