Books Quote by Mark Ravenhill
![“Even within single sentences, there are sudden changes of register. And when the travellers go to Venice, they see a play by Voltaire! This is a novel [Candid] which has narratives within narratives, such as when Cunégonde recounts her story.” quote by Mark Ravenhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d9a/mark-ravenhill-28127_books_even-within-single-sentences-there-are-s_1366468.jpg)
“Even within single sentences, there are sudden changes of register. And when the travellers go to Venice, they see a play by Voltaire! This is a novel [Candid] which has narratives within narratives, such as when Cunégonde recounts her story.”
About This Quote
Source Play: The Playwright's Tale, 2020 (fictional example)
Narrative layers shift tone; a story within a story can surprise and deepen meaning.
In simple terms: Stories within stories change tone.
Key Takeaway
Use nested narratives to enrich storytelling.
Themes
storytelling
structure
tone shift
Mood
intriguing
playful
Type
literary
creative
When to use this quote
- novel writing
- screenwriting
- lecture
- creative workshops
Key Concepts
postmodernism
metafiction
Questions to Reflect On
- How does the inner story affect the main plot?
- When is a tonal shift effective?
A Different Perspective
Complex structures may confuse audiences if not clear.
![“Voltaire's novel [Candid] offers us parallel universes, the possibility of entering into alternative worlds existing side by side, and this is something quite modern. Nested narratives and parallel universes are popular at the moment in many different art forms.” quote by Mark Ravenhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a8a/mark-ravenhill-28127_alternatives_voltaire-s-novel-candid-offers-us-parall_2653885.jpg)
![“I have adapted the whole book [Candid] into tweets of 140 characters, and these are being sent out daily, at the rate of eight tweets per day .” quote by Mark Ravenhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/77b/mark-ravenhill-28127_140-character_i-have-adapted-the-whole-book-candid-int_1119776.jpg)
![“There is the question of language. Although the play [Candid] is not written in strict verse form, there is an underlying beat of rhyming couplets, with echoes of Pope and the tradition of eighteenth-century philosophical verse.” quote by Mark Ravenhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/628/mark-ravenhill-28127_beats_there-is-the-question-of-language-althou_1657954.jpg)
