Monthly Archives: October 2009

“In 1902 Father built a house at the crest of the Broadview Avenue hill in New Rochelle, New York.” Continue reading →

“Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.” Continue reading →

…the first ten pages Russo delivers who’s talking to me (a congenial, omniscient voice), where we are right now (in a Diner, in Maine) and what seems to be upsetting this location from being a perfect world… Continue reading →

Barbara Kingsolvers 1988 novel, THE BEAN TREES is perfect first10pages.com. Continue reading →

The Awakening. Kate Chopin. 1899. (221 pgs) Prevailing Narrative Voice:  A third-person, highly detached voice describing a character’s actions and conversations, but not allowing the reader to know what a character is thinking. That voice shifts equally from one to … Continue reading →

The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene. 1948. Viking Press, NYC (306 pgs) Prevailing Narrative Voice:  Third-Person standard, near, but not close. The reader is able to know the thoughts of the character being followed, but to only observe … Continue reading →