... of her era. At the turn of the century the term novel covered a great diversity of writing. However, most of the novelists still used the techniques of the nineteenth century novel. These novelists still thought the main aim of the novel was to tell an interesting story, "a narrative of events arranged ... of the novel. "Modern Fiction" is an essay written by Woolf. It is one of her best known essays that in her own words compares the literary modernism of her generation to those of the past whom she calls "Edwardian". The "Edwardians" are comprised of H.G. Wells, Arnold Bennett and John ...

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... is standing at the florist's window. Similarly, in the scene where the airplane is skywriting, we are again introduced to both of their psyches through their respective streams of consciousness. Literary techniques are constantly used to relate Clarissa and Septimus in the novel. Big Ben is a sound image of great symbolic importance linking the activities of the two. Throughout the day, it ... ...

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