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Story must have beginning middle end from "summary" of Aspects of the Novel by E M Forster

The structure of a novel is not a mere decorative feature, like the tune in a musical comedy. It is what gives the book its reality. Just as a tune cannot be played all at once, but must move in time, so a novel cannot be taken in all at once, but must move in time. The novel does not exist till it is read; a book is not a book unless it is opened. Therefore a book is a time-sequence, and the only way of considering it is in the order in which it is intended to be read. The reason that a novel has to have a beginning, a middle, and an end is that it is a picture of life. The novel has to have a beginning because life has a beginning, and the novel is a picture of life. Moreover, a novel has to have a middle, because life has a middle, and the novel is a picture of life. Finally, a novel has to have an end, because life has an end, and the novel is a picture of life. The unity of a novel is a unity of life. The novel is ...
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    Aspects of the Novel

    E M Forster

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