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Current Fiction
July 27, 1916 issue

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This article focuses on the book "The Buffoon," by W. Louis Wilkinson. This is a first novel of extraordinary cleverness and uncertain promise. It belongs, in a negative way, to the Weilsian school. The central figure, that is, represents a revolt against the conventions which formerly governed the composition of heroes of fiction. There was a time, let us say, when the novelist made an attempt to interest us in a person or a group of persons for whom we might naturally expect to develop some sort of respect, or at least liking.

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BUFFOON, The (Book); WILKINSON, W. Louis; NOVELISTS; BOOKS; FICTION; LITERATURE
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