Sebastian Faulks Faulks On Fiction

British writers were prominent in shaping the new type of storytelling - one which refl ected the experiences of ordinary people, with characters in whom readers could fi nd not only an escape, but a deeper understanding of their own lives. But the novel was more than just a refl ection of British life. As Sebastian Faulks explains in this engaging literary and social history, it also helped invent the British.