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My Contemporaries In Fiction

by David Christie Murray

Level C1 · AdvancedHistorical14 chapters
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About this book

A sharp critique of contemporary literary praise exposes the epidemic of unmeasured admiration among critics, challenging the inflated reputations of modern novelists and calling for a return to genuine standards in fiction.

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Contents

14 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02I.—FIRST, THE CRITICS, AND THEN A WORD ON DICKENS
03II.—CHARLES READE
04III.—ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
05IV.—LIVING MASTERS—MEREDITH AND HALL CAINE
06V.—LIVING MASTERS—RUDYARD KIPLING
07VI.—UNDER FRENCH ENCOURAGEMENT—THOMAS HARDY
08VII.—UNDER FRENCH ENCOURAGEMENT—GEORGE MOORE
09VIII.—MR. S. R. CROCKETT—IAN MACLAREN
10IX.—DR. MACDONALD AND MR. J. M. BARRIE
11X.—THE PROBLEM SEEKERS—SEA CAPTAIN AND LAND CAPTAIN
12XI.—MISS MARIE CORELLI

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