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The Art of Fiction

by Walter Besant (1836-1901) and Henry James (1843-1916)

A lecture on the art of fiction, given by the English critic Walter Besant on April 25, 1884, and an answer to the lecture by American writer Henry James in the same year.
(Summary by Julie VW)

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• Wikipedia – Walter Besant
• Wikipedia – Henry James
• Wikipedia – Partial Portraits
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Total running time: 2:24:28
Read by Julie VW

In addition to the reader, this audio book was produced by:
Dedicated Proof-Listener: Bart de Leeuw
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Hokuspokus

mp3 and ogg files

• 01 – Lecture Part 1 by Walter Besant – 00:40:45
  [mp3@64kbps - 19.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 39.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 26MB]
• 02 – Lecture Part 2 by Walter Besant – 00:40:17
  [mp3@64kbps - 19.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 38.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 26MB]
• 03 – Response to the Lecture by Henry James – 01:03:26
  [mp3@64kbps - 30.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 60.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 41MB]

Cataloged on July 21, 2009