A third of the way through Siri Hustvedt's new novel, The Sorrows of an American, I began to lose heart. Despite its winning mixture of shady secrets, compulsive behaviours and mazy Brooklyn ...

Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith is a first person narrative. The story is told from the perspective of a character called Charles Pooter. We get a sense of his character from the ...

Many of the effects mentioned throughout when discussing character, themes, form and structure are created through Doyle’s innovative use of language and other narrative methods. You will be expected ...