Chapter 45 book title

The last volume was written in fourteen days.Reardon considered his completion of this volume a feat, for he had many difficulties to overcome besides the labor of writing.He suffered from severe back pain when he first started writing.For two or three days, even barely sitting at the table was a torment, and he walked like a lame man.Headache, sore throat, and general weakness ensued.He had a fortnight to think about getting a small sum of money; he pawned his watch (it was worth little, as one might expect), and sold a few more books.Nevertheless, the novel was finally finished.After writing the word "end", he closed his eyes and lay down on his back. For a quarter of an hour, he just lay there and let the time pass quietly.

He still had to give the book a title, but his brain just couldn't get it right; and after much deliberation, he took the name of the heroine, Margaret Holm.The title is apt.After writing the last word, he had already thrown all the scenes, characters, and dialogues in the book out of the blue.He couldn't remember them anymore, and he didn't care about them anymore. George Gissing, New Grub Street (1891) The title of a novel is an integral part of the book—in fact, it is the first part we encounter—and is therefore very capable of attracting and directing the reader's attention.The titles of the earliest British novels used the names of the main characters in the book, such as "Moore Flanders", "Tom Jones", and "Clarissa".Sometimes fiction also imitates, and even masquerades as, biographies and autobiographies.Later novelists realized that a title could suggest a theme ( ), but also a compelling detective story (The Woman in White) or a certain setting or mood ( ).Beginning sometime in the nineteenth century, novelists suddenly turned to using resonant literary quotations for the titles of their novels (Far from the Madding Crowd), and they continued to do so throughout the twentieth century. (Where Angels Fear to Walk, A Handful of Dust, For Whom the Bell Tolls), though maybe a bit dated now.The masters of the modern school favored symbolic or metaphorical titles—The Heart of Darkness, The Rainbow—while modern novelists often prefer the grotesque, bewildering, unsettling The cliché titles are like "A History of the World Written in Ten and a Half Chapters" and "Advice to Women Who Suicide".

For a novelist, coming up with the title of a book can be an important part of his creative process, so that he can pay more attention to what the novel should be about.Charles Dickens, for example, in early 1854 listed fourteen possible titles for his intended series of novels: Calculations, Arguments, Old Obstinate, Mr. Gradgrind's Evidence, The Whetstone, Hard Times, Two and Two Makes Four, A Cruel Friend, Rust and Dust, Simple Arithmetic, Counting Problems, It's Just a Number Problem, Georgie Hard-hitting Philosophy.Most of the titles indicate that Dickens was already at this stage concerned with utilitarian themes.This is embodied in Mr. Gradgrind.He finally chose "Difficult Times" as the title of the book, which is consistent with the social issues that his whole novel pays more attention to.

Edwin Reardon's very indifferent approach to the titles of his novels foreshadows his loss of faith in his profession.He first published a few novels with reasonable literary value but not a large circulation, and then got married hastily.To make ends meet, he was forced to churn out a formulaic three-volume novel that even he himself despised, at a creative pace that severely compromised the quality of his work.In this book, Gissing describes his own difficult situation, expresses his disheartened state of mind, and ponders seriously on the title of the book.As he explained to a foreign correspondent, "Grubb Street was actually a street in London about a hundred and fifty years ago, which in Pope's time had become synonymous with poor literati. . . . it was not just a colony of poor people, but of lowly writers.” By Gissing’s time, the literary market had expanded considerably, becoming more competitive and focused on public response.Reardon is an unforgettable writer.He's not gifted enough, nor cynical enough, to allow him to survive in this social environment.So did his friend Biffen.He is young and imaginative.Out of enthusiasm and good fantasy, he intends to write a novel that breaks the rules and truly records the lives of ordinary people.He announced the title of his novel in public. "I'm going to write a book called 'Mr. Bailey Who Keeps a Grocery Store''.The title adds a punchline to New Grubb Street.The novel was finally published, and his friends appreciated it very much, but it was severely criticized by book critics.Biffen peacefully committed suicide, and Reardon died of overwork. "New Grubb Street" is not a pleasing book, but as an object of study in the pathology of literary life it is unrivaled and surprisingly appropriate.

A novel is not only a work of art, it is also a commodity.Commercial interests sometimes affect or change the title of the book.When Thomas Hardy asked Macmillan to choose a title between Fitzpeers of Hentock and The Woodlanders, it is no surprise that they chose the latter outright.Ford Maddox Ford's novel The Good Soldier was originally titled "Sentimental Story" (of course); but it was published in the middle of World War I, so his publishers advised him to take a different So depressing, more patriotic titles.Martin Amis's second novel was titled The Dead Baby (1975), apparently to the surprise of the publishers who first brought him out in paperback.The novel was published two years later, and the title has been changed to The Dark Secret.American publishers persuaded me to sell my novel How Far Can You Go? , on the grounds that the British title would be classified as a "how to" book in American bookstores.To this day, I still regret that I gave in to such absurd reasons. (I don't know what they'll do with Carole Clouleau's Secrets of Adultery for Women, or Georges Pere's Guide to Living. I was going to call my second short story The British Museum No More Glamor", it's a line from the song "(City of London) - A Foggy Day", but Gershwin Publishing Company won't let me do it. I had to change it at the last minute to "British Museum In Collapsing", but the inspiration for this song can still be found in this novel, which only writes about a thick foggy day. Perhaps the author pays more attention to the title than the reader. Every writer knows that the reader Often forget or alter the titles of books they think they like. Someone has changed the titles of novels I have written to Wife Swapping, Changing Places and Small Changes. Professor Bernard Crick wrote He likes my book "Inappropriate Sexual Relationships". Maybe he's kidding me. (I don't know which of my books he's referring to.)