Famous quotes containing the words john, collier and/or reader:
“The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the spectre of Communism.”
—A.J.P. (Alan John Percivale)
“And he’d better gone to the gallows.”
—Unknown. Jimmy’s Enlisted; or, The Recruited Collier (l. 8)
“The subject of the novel is reality liberated from soul. The reader in complete independence presented with a structured process: let him evaluate it, not the author. The façade of the novel cannot be other than stone or steel, flashing electrically or dark, but silent.”
—Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)