# The writing of fiction

Author: Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72446

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

## Summary

To treat of the practice of fiction is to deal with the newest, most fluid and least formulated of the arts. The exploration of origins is always fascinating; but the attempt to relate the modern novel to the tale of Joseph and his Brethren is of purely historic interest.

## Chapters

- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-writing-of-fiction-72446/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-writing-of-fiction-72446/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-writing-of-fiction-72446/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-writing-of-fiction-72446/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-writing-of-fiction-72446/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-writing-of-fiction-72446/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-writing-of-fiction-72446/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-writing-of-fiction-72446/chapters/8/index.md)