What does it mean to truncate narrative elements of a novel to accommodate the average running time of a film?

What does it mean to truncate narrative elements of a novel to accommodate the average running time of a film? used to scan pages for this course (pub. 2005). THE NOVEL An excerpt from a Canonical authors’ 19th century work was adapted to film early in cinema’s history. Who is the author, what is the title of the work and what is the title of the excerpt adapted? [ 412 more words ]