Question

What does the author mean by ‘tremulations on ether’ and ‘the novel as a tremulation’?

Answer 1

The author says the novel is a 'tremulations on the ether'. He means that novels induce liveliness in the readers where the other books are not proficient enough. Reading regular books indicate reading messages or gathering news that is being read over the radio. One can never identify the actual information; instead, one can feel happy or sad about the specific news for some time. But the novel portrays a multi-dimensional view of the characters, and the readers can relate with them personally. A novel teaches valuable life lessons which any reader can inculcate in their own lives and make their decisions. Thus, the novel is a life inducing factor in the writer's thought processes, which significantly affects the readers.