How can we expect novelists to be moral, when their trade forces them to treat every end they meet as no more than an imperfect means to a novel?


Chapter 1, p. 8 - Pictures from an Institution (1954)

Randall Jarrell Quotes

How can we expect novelists to be moral, when their trade forces them to treat every end they meet as no more than an imperfect means to a novel?

How can we expect novelists to be moral, when their trade forces them to treat every end they meet as no more than an imperfect means to a novel?

How can we expect novelists to be moral, when their trade forces them to treat every end they meet as no more than an imperfect means to a novel?

How can we expect novelists to be moral, when their trade forces them to treat every end they meet as no more than an imperfect means to a novel?