A first novel must be a pleasure. Without pleasure, a second novel never comes. Three descend. Choose the one whose first page pulls you, and do not doubt it before page twenty. 1. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee — A child’s eyes on an adult world are the kindest guide for a first reader. 2. Demian, Hermann Hesse — A story about breaking the egg fits a hand opening its first book. 3. Animal Farm, George Orwell — A short, plain fable that holds the skeleton of the world. The Muses taught song first to a shepherd on Mount Helicon.

LOREVIVA 200

Question:“On a first novel”

On a first novel

A first novel must be a pleasure. Without pleasure, a second novel never comes.

Three descend. Choose the one whose first page pulls you, and do not doubt it before page twenty.

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper LeeA child’s eyes on an adult world are the kindest guide for a first reader.
Demian, Hermann HesseA story about breaking the egg fits a hand opening its first book.
Animal Farm, George OrwellA short, plain fable that holds the skeleton of the world.

The Muses taught song first to a shepherd on Mount Helicon.