# The art of fiction

Author: Besant, Walter, 1836-1901

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76460

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+art+of+fiction+Besant&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

I desire this evening to consider Fiction as one of the Fine Arts. In order to do this, and before doing it, I have first to advance certain propositions. They are not new, they are not likely to be disputed, and yet they have never been so generally received as to form part, so to speak, of the national mind. These propositions are three, though the last two directly spring from the first. They are:

## Chapters

- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-art-of-fiction-76460/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-art-of-fiction-76460/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-art-of-fiction-76460/chapters/3/index.md)