The Forest Rose: A Tale Of The Frontier - Couverture rigide

Bennett, Emerson

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1297570421 ISBN 13 : 9781297570421

Editeur : Andesite Press, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

American author, in a preface to one of his works, remarks, in effect, that in his view a writer of fiction is entitled to all that is possible; and though hi the main we agree with him, yet at the same lime we think that the Novelist should always endeavor to confine himself to the probable; for when he goes be yond probability, he destroys that charm of naturalness which every author should study to produce, and puts himself in danger oi being set down by his readers as a kind of modern Munchausen. The chief beauty of fiction, in our humble opinion, consists in its representation of scenes and incidents sc like to nature and facts, that the reader can feel, as it were, that they are realities; and whether or no he believes the narrative to be a true record, taken from real lie, matters little, so long as there is nothing set forth by which he can prove the contrary. We all know that events do really happen, of so strange, mysterious, and miraculous a nature, that, without the most positive and reliable evidence, we would hardly believe them possible, setting probability altogether aside: and therefore, to suppose that an author can, by any ingenuity, place his characters in any entanglement, from which he can plausibly deliver them, and in doing so go beyond reality itself, is to suppobe him capable of inventing what the whole huraar race, together with all circumstances com bined, have never been able to produce.
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Emerson Bennett (March 16, 1822 – May 11, 1905) was a popular American author primarily known for his lively romantic adventure tales depicting American frontier life. He was the author of over 30 novels and hundreds of short stories. At one time, Bennett was one of the most popular authors in America. Several of his books reportedly sold over 100,000 copies. Bennett's work frequently appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, The New York Ledger and other periodicals. Some of his writings were translated into other languages. Bennett also wrote poetry and edited several periodicals. However these other literary endeavors never met with the commercial success of his prose fiction. Bennett wrote light, sensational and heroic adventure tales which many readers found engaging. His work sometimes first appeared in serialized form in newspapers and periodicals, which were subsequently reissued in book form

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Andesite Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1297570421
• ISBN 13: 9781297570421
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 168