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Originally Posted by HarryT
Can you give an example of a Rex Stout book that's written in the present tense, Helen? I have most of his Nero Wolfe books, and to the best of my recollection they're all written in the past tense (I've just checked half a dozen to be sure of that). Personally I loath novels which are written in the present tense!
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Harry I am pretty ignorant about tenses these days although I made straight A's in English grammar.
You are undoubtedly right about the past tense as the narrator is telling the story after the fact in the books (had to think about this for a minute). Maybe I thought they were present tense because I have been watching the excellent IMO A&E series which seems present tense to me, but I have not been in the habit of noticing or analyzing these things and am woefully ignorant.
But this is the kind of thing I would like to understand better. I am pretty sure that I don't loath novels written in the present tense, but maybe I do
I am thinking they may be a bit more simplistic in general, but my brain refuses to come up with an example at present, so if you have time give me an example or three.
Helen