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The object of the novelist is to keep the reader entirely oblivious of the fact that the author exists - even of the fact he is reading a book.

Ford Madox Ford
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Ford Madox Ford (1964). “Critical Writings of Ford Madox Ford”, p.76, U of Nebraska Press
The object of the novelist is to keep the reader entirely oblivious of the fact that the author exists - even of the fact he is reading a book.