Machine generated contents note: About this book; 1. Why the novel matters; Interchapter: Don Quixote; 2. Origins of the novel; Interchapter: Tristram Shandy; 3. Narrating the novel; Interchapter: Justified Sinner; 4. Character and the novel; Interchapter: The Scarlet Letter; 5. Plotting the novel; Interchapter: Madame Bovary; 6. Setting the novel; Interchapter: Bleak House; 7. Time and history; Interchapter: To the Lighthouse; 8. Genre and subgenre; Interchapter: The Ministry of Fear; 9. Novel and anti-novel; Interchapter: The Crying of Lot 49; 10. Novel, nation, community; Interchapter: Midnight's Children; 11. Concluding; Glossary; Further reading.
About this book
Why the novel matters
Interchapter: Don Quixote
Origins of the novel
Interchapter: Tristram Shandy
Narrating the novel
Interchapter: Justified Sinner
Character and the novel
Interchapter: The Scarlet Letter
Plotting the novel
Interchapter: Madame Bovary
Setting the novel
Interchapter: Bleak House
Time and history
Interchapter: To the Lighthouse
Genre and subgenre
Interchapter: The Ministry of Fear
Novel and anti-novel
Interchapter: The Crying of Lot 49
Novel, nation, community
Interchapter: Midnight's Children.
The Cambridge introduction to the novel by Marina MacKay. ISBN 9780521713344. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.