My Contemporaries in Fiction

Name: My Contemporaries in Fiction
Author: David Christie Murray

This collection of essays explores the lives and works of fictional characters from various literary periods. The text delves into the relationships between these characters, examining their interactions, conflicts, and alliances. It also analyzes how these characters reflect and shape societal norms, values, and attitudes. The essays focus on a range of characters, including those from classical literature to modern fiction. Through close readings and critical analysis, the author reveals the complexities and nuances of each character's personality, motivations, and experiences. By examining the relationships between these characters, the text sheds light on the social, cultural, and historical contexts in which they were created. It also highlights the enduring relevance of these fictional figures to contemporary society.

By David Christie Murray · First published 1893 · Genre: Fiction, Biography, Classic · 13 chapters · 37,210 words

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The critics of to-day are suffering from a sort of epidemic of kindness. They have accustomed themselves to the administration of praise in unmeasured doses. They are not, taking them in the mass, critics any longer, but merely professional admirers. They have ceased to be useful to the public, and are becoming dangerous to the interests of letters. In their over-friendly eyes every painstaking apprentice in the art of fiction is a master, and hysterical schoolgirls, who have spent their brief day in the acquisition of ignorance, are reviewed as if they were so many Elizabeth Barrett Brownings or George Eliots. One of the most curious and instructive things in this regard is the use which the modern critic makes of Sir Walter Scott. Sir Walter is set up as a sort of first standard for the aspirant in the art of fiction to excel.

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Work type: Novel
Author: David Christie Murray
Date: 1893 CE
Language: English
Genres: Fiction, Biography, Classic, Historical
Length: 37,210 words
Structure: 13 chapters, 282 paragraphs
Reading fit: Fairly Difficult (10th-12th Grade)

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Fiction — The title itself indicates that it is a work of fiction and the exploration of the author's contemporaries in the novel
Biography — The references to the author's contemporaries might suggest that it contains elements of biography
Classic — David Christie Murray, being a 19th-century author, has works often categorized as classics
Historical — The context and real-life contemporaries of the author can make the book relevent to historical genre