tural approach to, 16.

Technique, object of, 51.

Thackeray, William Makepeace, 28, 54, 58, 187, 191, 192.

Thematic story, 40.

Theory of fiction
Story and tale, 197.
Realism the method, 199.
Realism the artistic dogma, 199.
Short story, 200.
Interest, 201.
Power of real problems of life, 203.
Test of merit, 204.
Aim of executive artistry, 206.
Verisimilitude, 207.
Significance of plot, 208.

Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations, The, 62.

Thrawn Janet, 158.

Toilers of the Sea, The, 52.

Tolstoi, Leo, 192, 195.

Tom Jones, 28, 192.

Tone, 82, 132.

Tragedy, 157.

Transition, 103, 104, 105.

Trollope, Anthony, 182.

Turgenieff, Ivan, 146.

Ugliness, 89.

Unities, dramatic, 168.

Unity of short story, 201.

Vanity Fair, 54, 58, 187.

Verisimilitude, 84, 92, 106, 107, 115, 118, 119, 120, 123, 143, 207.

Verne, Jules, 204.

Victorian novelists, 191.

Viewpoint, 86, 116.

Virginians, The, 191, 192.

Vividness, 98, 101, 110, 114, 119.

V. V.'s Eyes, 134.

War and Peace, 192.

Warden, The, 182.

Weir of Hermiston, 91.

Wells, H. G., 204.

Wit, in dialogue, 127.

Without Benefit of Clergy, 44, 68, 120.

Worth of matter, 33.

Writer of fiction.
Critical faculty, 22.
Cultivation of genius, 23.
Observation and information, 24.
Open-mindedness, 25.
Attitude toward life, 25.
Prejudice and provincialism, 26.
Social question, 26.
Reading, 26.
Imagination, 29.

Wuthering Heights, 94.

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