Source Of Henry James Quote

sheahanmick | 19:09 Thu 18th May 2017 | Phrases & Sayings

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I m looking for the actual words of of a quote from Henry James. The quote is something along the lines of - each writer is essentially his own only character, and his life is his one essential plot

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Mamyalynne

Anything here?

https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/a/the-ambassadors/critical-essays/character-in-the-ambassadors

Buenchico

Possibly:
"What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?"
[The Art of Fiction, 1884: https://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/artfiction.html ]

sheahanmick

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Thank you both. I'll look through the Cliff Notes. It's not the one Buenchico refers to and I've not been able to find it in any online collection of quotes. It was in a recent book review but I foolishly forgot to make a note of it and cannot find it again.

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