Excerpt from Development of the Novel From Richardson and Defoe to Dreiser: ThesisAnd not character, is well supplied. It simply happened that Defoe discovered the novel of incident. He had a story to tell, and he did it clearly. His settings are barren, giving no more than he actually needs. His style is simple and forceful, just the style Defoe needed to impress the stamp of reality, so vital to the success of a story in those days.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.