Grant in Fiction
An unflattering fictional portrait of Grant appears in Patrick O'Brian's novel Desolation Island, part of the Aubrey–Maturin series.
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Famous quotes containing the words grant and/or fiction:
“Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that.... Yes, yes, it’s the most comical thing in the world.”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
“The purpose of a work of fiction is to appeal to the lingering after-effects in the reader’s mind as differing from, say, the purpose of oratory or philosophy which respectively leave people in a fighting or thoughtful mood.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)