What is a novel? This pertinent question has been answered by a considerable number of critics, writers and novelists. One of our most admirable and eminent critics, Walter Allen, points out in his excellent survey "The English Novel" 'Like any other artist the novelist is a maker. He is making an imitation of the life of man on earth." Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The House with the Green Shutters (George Douglas)