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A Listener in Babel: Being a Series of Imaginary Conversations Held
Excerpt from A Listener in Being a Series of Imaginary Conversations Held
To invent a plot where she perceives none. Desir ous not to discuss life, but to present it, She must eliminate, suppress, reduce the scale and hasten the time. How small a portion of the sum total of for mativo experience can even the most prolix and analytical novel show to us! How many of those wider reactions which, after all, form a large part of living, it must wholly ignore l The intellectual life, above all, that life so quick within us, fiction can hardly reveal at all. Man loving it can Show, man hating, man in action; man thinking, only rarely, e.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
To invent a plot where she perceives none. Desir ous not to discuss life, but to present it, She must eliminate, suppress, reduce the scale and hasten the time. How small a portion of the sum total of for mativo experience can even the most prolix and analytical novel show to us! How many of those wider reactions which, after all, form a large part of living, it must wholly ignore l The intellectual life, above all, that life so quick within us, fiction can hardly reveal at all. Man loving it can Show, man hating, man in action; man thinking, only rarely, e.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
338 pages, Hardcover
First published August 1, 2008
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