Word: fictions
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...George Eliot's ideas about the art of fiction as recorded in her letters...
...most celebrated. Comparing him with his great contemporary, the lecturer defined Lermontov as "the poet of romantic pessimism." An important place in Russian poetry belongs to Koltsoff for having introduced into literature elements of popula language, and especially for having made the peasant's life an object of fiction, thus giving them the place they have since held in the development of Russian literature...
...outside life; in the beginning of the present century they spoke of feelings and the inner life, yet with sterile aspirations into a world of dreams; Poushkin takes real life inasmuch as it is reflected in human feelings and, turning human feelings from their deviation into a world of fiction, restores them to real life...
...Unbegotten Sons" is the most mature piece of fiction which has appeared in the Monthly for a long time. While the plot in a certain way is unreal, it is treated with unusual richness of imagination. The style is vivid and sensuous. It is pity that the author's analysis is not equal to his imagination. He brings together twin brothers, who see in each other no resemblance. They address each other as "child" and "old man" respectively. The Abbe of Cisley hates them with the most undying hatred because they were the illegitimate sons of his wife...
...century, with many splendid engravings of their pictures. To any one interested in art these discriminating articles are invaluable. The illustrations have been chosen with rare taste; they are interesting as pictures, and as examples of the artists, who are critically and biographically presented in the text. The fiction is especially notable, including a charming romance by Anthony Hope, a pathetic and powerful story by Ian Maclaren, and a characteristic tale from the unpublished manuscript of Robert Louis Stevenson, half fairy story and half fable...