The Daily Beast selects, in no particular order, our nominations for the best stories and novels published in 2014.
The Best Fiction of 2014: Ford, Ferrante, Klay, and More|William O’Connor|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She avoids an exhaustively descriptive definition because she opposes condemning all novels based on the flaws of some novels.
The Birth of the Novel|Nick Romeo|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It might seem obvious to say that novels are “fictitious,” but certain ones are composed almost entirely of facts.
The Birth of the Novel|Nick Romeo|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Austen does no better than the lexicographers at delineating a set that comprises all but only novels.
The Birth of the Novel|Nick Romeo|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Let Me Be Frank With You is also structurally different from earlier Bascombe novels.
Richard Ford’s Artful Survivalist Guide: The Return of Frank Bascombe|Tom LeClair|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His novels are marked by abundance of incident, skilful handling of dialect, and realistic portraiture.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|Various
It is a common question of my correspondents, "Are your novels ever founded on fact?"
A New Sensation|Albert Ross
Madame D'Arblay's are much fuller, and bear a suspicious resemblance to the dialogues in her novels.
Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.)|Mrs. Hester Lynch Piozzi
One day she brought him a book, one of Walter Scott's novels, which she herself had asked of him.
A Nobleman's Nest|Ivan Turgenieff
It had been one of the innocent joys of his life, said the clergyman, to have my novels read to him by his daughters.
An Autobiography|Anthony Trollope
Novels
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Roman lawthe new statutes of Justinian and succeeding emperors supplementing the Institutes, Digest, and Code: now forming part of the Corpus Juris Civilis