prose

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The prose is clean and lucid, characters and cityscapes fully rendered, and “The Forsyte Saga” creates the pleasurable illusion that it might never end.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

A significant subset of them are formulaic in style—expository, structured, smooth, coherent and impersonal, traits that overlap with AI-generated prose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The most interesting part of Mr. Stiles’s narrative is his analysis of Churchill’s prose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Unfortunately for the listener, the actress Kimberly Farr seeks to infuse Ms. Goodman’s careful, unadorned prose with too much energy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Emma could not have desired a more spirited rejection of Mr. Martin’s prose.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen