Sentence examples for classical fiction from inspiring English sources

His academic study Zhongguo xiaoshuo shilue (1923 24; A Brief History of Chinese Fiction) and companion compilations of classical fiction remain standard works.

Although there is a witty nod in this to the conventions of classical fiction, in which heroines invariably have mysterious origins, Albia herself is no less contemporary in her sensibilities than her adoptive father.

Still: an elegantly crafted adventure in classical science-fiction.

The wild traditions which are still common in nations of Celtic or Gothic descent, are superior in supernatural awe and power, if not in impressive dignity, to anything in classical or oriental fiction.

But the book, and its wide variety of illustrations from classical texts, science fiction and other sources, describes not just the history of the celestial body but the ways it inspired the human imagination to take flight, fueled, as Proust put it, by "the ancient unalterable splendor of a Moon cruelly and mysteriously serene".

The albums are produced in editions limited to 200 or fewer in sets averaging 18 in number & 16 hours of listening time, during which the full text of a volume of classical or popular fiction, nonfiction, drama, or verse is read aloud by a professional actor.

Lessing's work has always been difficult to define: a mix of classical realism, science-fiction, parable, memoir, fantasy and polemic.

His interests include writing poetry, reading, history, archaeology, fantasy fiction, classic novels, rock, classical, jazz, opera, old black and white films, and playing Tolkien type fantasy role playing games.

He has a fine understanding of photography, of philosophy, of the modern and classical canon of English fiction.

Like a chic post-modernist, but also like a classical poet, he mixes fiction with history and meditation, endlessly digressing into new stories.

The other great surviving fiction of Classical times is the Metamorphoses (known as The Golden Ass) by Apuleius (2nd century ad).