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  1. Henry James _ The Art of Fiction

    Nothing, of course, will ever take the place of the good old fashion of 'liking' a work of art or not liking it; the more improved criticism will not abolish that primitive, that ultimate, test."
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  2. Henry James _ The Art of Fiction

    The power to guess the unseen from the seen, to trace the implication of things, to judge the whole piece by the pattern, the condition of feeling life, in general, so completely that you are well on your way to knowing any particular corner of it-this cluster of gifts may almost be said to constitute experience, and they occur in country and in town, and in the most differing stages of education.
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  3. Henry James _ The Art of Fiction

    What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
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