“In 1902 Father built a house at the crest of the Broadview Avenue hill in New Rochelle, New York.”
Entries from October 2009
October 26, 2009
MRS. DALLOWAY / Virginia Woolf
“Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.”
October 23, 2009
EMPIRE FALLS / Richard Russo
…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…
October 21, 2009
THE BEAN TREES / Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolvers 1988 novel, THE BEAN TREES is perfect first10pages.com.
October 16, 2009
THE AWAKENING / Kate Chopin
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 another, giving the same value to persons as to pets, furniture or the weather.
First Sentence: “A [...]
October 13, 2009
THE HEART OF THE MATTER / Graham Greene
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 other characters actions and words. That voice shifts from one character to another, but remains [...]
