Henry James Quotes on Fiction
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The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.
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The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.
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The story had held us, round the fire, sufficiently breathless, but except the obvious remark that it was gruesome, as, on Christmas Eve in an old house, a strange tale should essentially be.