illustration lewis carroll 's novel ''alice 's adventures wonderland'' depicting fictional protagonist alice playing fantastical game croquet '''fiction''' creative work chiefly narrative work portraying people events places imaginary ways strictly based history fact ref name c hugh holman p william harmon c hugh holman ''a handbook literature'' th edition new york prentice hall p ref narrow usage ''fiction'' applies written narratives prose often specifically novels well novellas short stories broadly however fiction
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