A review by haly_reads
Aspects of the Novel by E.M. Forster

4.0

This book is exactly like the first lecture a B. A or M. A Literature student would hear on his/her first class. What makes it different is the fact that it is more elaborated. Forster explains each aspect that makes a novel with great depth yet clean and to the point. He is not the one who is satisfied only when every inch of his idea is put into paper. He refrains from giving a flow chart of the periods in English Literature, and which author belongs to which time frame. He doesn't meddle with chronology, more so, he is actually least interested in it. What Forster does is pick up selected extracts from novels to supply each aspect more clearly to the reader.

Before starting to read this book, one may easily take it as a helping guide to write a novel, given its lucid title. But no, this book ain't (just) for writers and novelists. It's actually more for readers to help their reading process better.