Character

The inferior novelist tends to be preoccupied with plot; to the superior novelist the

convolutions of the human personality, under the stress of artfully selected experience,
are the chief fascination. Without character it was once accepted that there could be
no fiction. In the period since World War II, the creators of what has come to be called
the French nouveau roman (i.e., new novel) have deliberately demoted the human
element, claiming the right of objects and processes to the writer’s and reader’s prior
attention. Thus, in books termed chosiste (literally “thing-ist”), they make the furniture
of a room more importa citrine, transparent, coarse-grained variety of the silica
mineral quartz (q.v.). Citrine is a semiprecious gem that is valued for its
yellow to brownish colour and its resemblance to the rarer topaz. Colloidally
suspended hydrous iron oxide gives citrine its colour. Natural citrine is rare
compared to amethyst or smoky quartz, both of which are often heated to turn
their natural colour into that of citrine. Citrine is often marketed under
various names that confuse it with topaz to inflate its price. It may be
distinguished from topaz by its inferior hardness and from
decolorized amethyst by its lack of reddish cast. Principal localities of
occurrence are those of amethyst: Brazil, Uruguay, the Urals, Scotland,
and North Carolina. Its physical properties are those of quartz (see silica
mineral [table]). citrine, transparent, coarse-grained variety of the silica
mineral quartz (q.v.). Citrine is a semiprecious gem that is valued for its
yellow to brownish colour and its resemblance to the rarer topaz. Colloidally
suspended hydrous iron oxide gives citrine its colour. Natural citrine is rare
compared to amethyst or smoky quartz, both of which are often heated to turn
their natural colour into that of citrine. Citrine is often marketed under
various names that confuse it with topaz to inflate its price. It may be
distinguished from topaz by its inferior hardness and from
decolorized amethyst by its lack of reddish cast. Principal localities of
occurrence are those of amethyst: Brazil, Uruguay, the Urals, Scotland,
and North Carolina. Its physical properties are those of quartz (see silica
mineral [table]). citrine, transparent, coarse-grained variety of the silica
mineral quartz (q.v.). Citrine is a semiprecious gem that is valued for its
yellow to brownish colour and its resemblance to the rarer topaz. Colloidally
suspended hydrous iron oxide gives citrine its colour. Natural citrine is rare
compared to amethyst or smoky quartz, both of which are often heated to turn
their natural colour into that of citrine. Citrine is often marketed under
various names that confuse it with topaz to inflate its price. It may be
distinguished from topaz by its inferior hardness and from
decolorized amethyst by its lack of reddish cast. Principal localities of
occurrence are those of amethyst: Brazil, Uruguay, the Urals, Scotland,
and North Carolina. Its physical properties are those of quartz (see silica
mineral [table]). citrine, transparent, coarse-grained variety of the silica
mineral quartz (q.v.). Citrine is a semiprecious gem that is valued for its
yellow to brownish colour and its resemblance to the rarer topaz. Colloidally
suspended hydrous iron oxide gives citrine its colour. Natural citrine is rare
compared to amethyst or smoky quartz, both of which are often heated to turn
their natural colour into that of citrine. Citrine is often marketed under
various names that confuse it with topaz to inflate its price. It may be
distinguished from topaz by its inferior hardness and from
decolorized amethyst by its lack of reddish cast. Principal localities of
occurrence are those of amethyst: Brazil, Uruguay, the Urals, Scotland,
and North Carolina. Its physical properties are those of quartz (see silica
mineral [table]). citrine, transparent, coarse-grained variety of the silica
mineral quartz (q.v.). Citrine is a semiprecious gem that is valued for its
yellow to brownish colour and its resemblance to the rarer topaz. Colloidally
suspended hydrous iron oxide gives citrine its colour. Natural citrine is rare
compared to amethyst or smoky quartz, both of which are often heated to turn
their natural colour into that of citrine. Citrine is often marketed under
various names that confuse it with topaz to inflate its price. It may be
distinguished from topaz by its inferior hardness and from
decolorized amethyst by its lack of reddish cast. Principal localities of
occurrence are those of amethyst: Brazil, Uruguay, the Urals, Scotland,
and North Carolina. Its physical properties are those of quartz (see silica
mineral [table]).