# Gertrude Stein — Aspects of the Novel character guide

> Gertrude Stein in Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forster.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0010-viii-pattern-and-rhythm

## Who they are

Modernist writer, cited for her experimental approach to character and narrative.

## In the story

### [II: The Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/chapters/ii-the-story)

Discussed as the novelist who tried to abolish time from fiction, pulverizing the clock, but failed because destroying time-sequence makes fiction unintelligible.

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