What distinction does E. M. Forster (Aspects of the Novel, 1927) draw between story and plot, what do the 'king died ... queen died of grief' examples show, and what roles do causality and mystery play?

1927 criticism. Forster defines a story as 'a narrative of events arranged in their time sequence' and a plot as also a narrative of events, 'the emphasis falling on causality' (E1, E4). His examples use the same two events: 'the queen died' after 'the king died' is a story; adding 'of grief' makes it a plot (E5-E7). A second plot form tells the death first and reveals the grief later; he says this suspends the time-sequence and makes a 'mystery' (E8-E9, E12). The audience question is 'and then?' for a story and 'why?' for a plot (E10); a plot asks the reader for intelligence and memory, and asks the plot-maker to leave no loose ends (E11, E14, E15). Within these chapters this is a definition and a contrast, not a procedure or a measured test. Curator qualifications: Story (time order) vs plot (causality) definitions and the king/queen examples located. Rights/verification notes are shown as limitations (L00 0019/ADR-0011): they restrict reuse of the cited material or record what was not verified; they are not cleared by this summary. Limitations: [component_reuse_restriction] Forster, Aspects of the Novel (1927), Project Gutenberg #70492; sibling pin discovery/cycle3/story/C3-B002-S2/work/pg70492.txt (51c3422e); all 69 excerpts located. Rights: US public domain per Gutenberg (1927 publication); the header tells non-US users to check local law, and the author died in 1970, so the text is likely still in copyright in many countries. Quote briefly. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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