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ByFranco Moretti

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“What you don’t know would make a great book.” –Sydney Smith

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A selection from an original five volume work, published in Italian under the title 'Il romanzo'. Vol. 1 looks at the novel mostly from the outside, treating the transition from oral to written storytelling and the rise of narrative and fictionality, and including the ancient Greek novel, the novel in premodern China, the early Spanish novel and readings from novels around the world.