Description:For anyone wanting to find out how to read fiction for more than just entertainment this book is the perfect starting point, Studying fiction contains six short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, Katherine Mansfield, Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, D. H. Lawrence and Charles Dickens, along with regular exercises and self-assessment questions. This combination of texts and questions enables students, at every level, to test and improve their skills in note-taking, summary, criticism and detailed textual analysis.