Even in his novels of character the development of character is shown through a rapid unceasing progression of significant facts; it was probably in writing for the stage that he learned the value of keeping the attention of his readers incessantly on the alert.
Even in his novels of character there is no meditative and analytic stagnation; the development of character is shown through a rapid unceasing progression of significant facts. This rapidity of movement was perhaps partly the result of his dramatic studies; it was probably in writing for the stage that he learned the value of keeping the attention of his readers incessantly on the alert.