The EssayThe Life Cycle of a Fictional Character - An Alternative History of the NovelEpisodes Episode guide

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1. Death

   5/5Critic James Wood explores how the novel deals with death.
2. The Self

   4/5James Wood explores the meaning of self in fiction.
3. Speech

   3/5Critic James Wood explores what writers do with dialogue in novels.
4. Thought

   2/5James Wood explores how thought has been represented on the printed page over the years.
5. The World

   1/5James Wood on the novelistic technique of having characters walking along city streets.