The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations
Georges Polti's classic 1895 study, translated by Lucille Ray, arguing that every story and drama draws on just thirty-six basic dramatic situations, from supplication and revenge to rivalry and sacrifice, each illustrated with examples from world literature.
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- Vinod Khosla: “I read a beautiful book... called the 36 plots in English literature. This guy, I think his name was George Polti... took all of fiction and said there's only really 36 fundamental plots.”