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Friday, January 2, 2004 at 11:00 AM EST
Character Building
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An author in search of character or plot may look to dreams, a scotch, or a clerk at the drugstore to stir the muse. The origins of literature’s most enduring characters, from Holly Golightly to Jay Gatsby.

Guests:

Andre Bernard, Vice President and Publisher of Harcourt Brace, author of “Madame Bovary, C’est Moi And Other Excursions into the Origins of Famous Literary Characters “

 
 
Listener comments

  • Nobody seems to get the new financial picture even though I have been espousing it for ever after the crash and even before. People are going to save money and not blow it from now on as they learned there lesson well.
    They are going to be like there parents and grandparents and save, save save! So forget about the old ways they are not coming back. It is going to be a big shift backwards.

    Posted by Christian Blake, on February 27th, 2009 at 2:55 pm EST
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