Project Gutenberg 2007-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 110 Murray, David Christie 1847 1907 Murray, D. Christie (David Christie) Murray, Christie Christie Murray, David 2007581416 My Contemporaries In Fiction Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. First, the critics, and then a word on Dickens -- Charles Reade -- Robert Louis Stevenson -- Living masters, Meredith and Hall Caine -- Living masters, Rudyard Kipling -- Under French encouragement,Thomas Hardy -- Under French encouragement, George Moore -- Mr. S.R. Crockett, Ian Maclaren -- Dr. Macdonald and Mr. J.M. Barrie -- The problem seekers, sea captain and land captain -- Miss Marie Corelli -- The Americans -- The young romancers. Produced by David Widger "My Contemporaries In Fiction" by David Christie Murray is a collection of critical essays written in the late 19th century. The book examines the works and contributions of notable contemporary authors, including Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, and Rudyard Kipling. Murray presents his perspectives on these writers, assessing both their literary impact and the quality of their work, while hoping to provide insights to readers on contemporary fiction. The opening of the work establishes Murray's intention to critique the literary field of his time, addressing the over-praise and lack of critical depth in contemporary literary critiques. He expresses concern about modern critics who excessively elevate mediocre writers while diminishing the value of established masters like Dickens. Furthermore, he offers a personal insight into his own role as a writer and critic, assuring readers of his sincerity and commitment to presenting an honest assessment of the art of fiction. The opening sets a reflective tone, asserting the importance of honest criticism in stabilizing the literary landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism PR Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature 237100 237101 2024-10-09T14:25:03.523653 2023-09-10T05:58:07.327581 text/html text/html 238630 2021-02-24T22:11:11 text/html; charset=utf-8 85517 2021-02-24T22:11:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 171639 2024-10-09T14:25:12.072598 application/epub+zip 173719 2024-10-09T14:25:08.081609 application/epub+zip 159987 2024-10-09T14:25:05.899616 application/epub+zip 324169 2024-10-09T14:25:14.958620 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 306602 2024-10-09T14:25:11.027618 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 269256 2022-09-10T11:54:08.338694 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 208449 2024-10-09T14:25:02.819624 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 208393 2016-09-16T08:56:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 81894 2016-09-16T09:01:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 208362 2007-08-01T15:15:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 81833 2007-08-01T15:17:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 208371 2007-08-01T15:15:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 81777 2007-08-01T15:17:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23041 2024-10-09T14:25:15.542575 application/rdf+xml 14371 2024-10-09T14:25:07.138658 image/jpeg 3429 2024-10-09T14:25:06.549606 image/jpeg 169363 2024-10-09T14:25:03.549618 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia