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/nˈærətɪv/ /nˈɛrətɪv/ Listen

noun

Narrative n. That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story. "Cyntio was much taken with my narrative."

Synonyms: Account; recital; rehearsal; relation; narration; story; tale. See Account.

adjective

Narrative adj.

Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction.

Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars of events; story-telling; garrulous. "But wise through time, and narrative with age."

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Etymology of 'Narrative'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Narrative" Quotes from Famous Books

... at first. She never told stories freely away from home; but she was now pressed to do it. After a little, however, she put her own sympathetic humour and pathos into the wondrous narrative, till she literally held her listeners spell-bound. And no wonder. Those were the days of Scott's early novels, when they were greatly run after, and the price of a night's reading was high. Chrissy's cousin ...

— Girlhood and Womanhood - The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes • Sarah Tytler

... promised myself that I would enjoy the story and leave the rest. It would be easy to put away the tract as soon as it should seem prosy.' He scampers off to the stable-loft, throws himself on the hay, and plunges into the book. He is captivated by the narrative, and finds it impossible to drop the book when the story comes to an end. He reads on and on. He is rewarded by one great golden word whose significance he has never before discovered: 'The Finished Work of Christ!' ...

— A Handful of Stars - Texts That Have Moved Great Minds • Frank W. Boreham

... case, now interposed with his courtesies, and the two officers were invited to share his bachelor's breakfast. What followed, in consequence of this visit, and the communications to which it gave rise, will appear in the course of the narrative. ...

— The Wing-and-Wing - Le Feu-Follet • J. Fenimore Cooper

... of a short-story is to produce a single narrative effect with the greatest economy of means that is consistent with the utmost emphasis."—Clayton Hamilton, Materials ...

— Short-Stories • Various

... therefore, by making her daughter an amiable and lovable woman, to prepare her for the high mission for which she was destined, she omitted nothing which could improve her. What success rewarded her care the sequel of this narrative will show. It will suffice, for the present, to inform the reader that Mademoiselle de Tecle was a young girl of pleasing countenance, whose short neck was placed on shoulders a little too high. She was not beautiful, but extremely pretty, well educated, and much ...

— Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet

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