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The term "interview" in literature appears as a versatile narrative device, employed to denote meetings that range from formal and confidential parley to spontaneous declarations of intent. In many classical works, such as Dostoyevsky’s depiction of a princely audience ([1], [2]) or Napoleon’s strategic gatherings ([3], [4]), the interview serves as a crucial juncture in the unfolding drama of governance and power. Conversely, in works like Edward Gibbon’s account of a personal interview concerning marriage proposals ([5]) or the intimate conversations captured in Marie Lebert’s series of recorded interviews ([6], [7], [8]), the word takes on a more personal and introspective quality. From the terse formal exchanges in Casanova or Clashi narratives ([9], [10]) to the subtle, sometimes ironic moments in novels by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins ([11], [12], [13]), the interview is a literary construct that encapsulates the moment of revealing, negotiating, or questioning—highlighting its enduring role as a window into character and conflict.
  1. The prince was rather alarmed at all this, and was obliged to end by appointing the same hour of the following day for the interview desired.
    — from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  2. Lebedeff turned up late in the afternoon; he had been asleep ever since his interview with the prince in the morning.
    — from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  3. Receive B—— only in general company, and do not give him a private interview.
    — from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 by Emperor of the French Napoleon I
  4. [9] and Müller [10] reported of their interview with him at Erfurt.
    — from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 by Emperor of the French Napoleon I
  5. In a personal interview he proposed their marriage and the union of their sects.
    — from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
  6. Interview 25/06/2000] *Interview of August 5, 1999 (original interview in French)
    — from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
  7. Interview 30/08/2000 // Interview 08/07/2001]
    — from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
  8. [Interview 23/08/1998 // Interview 23/07/1999]
    — from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
  9. “The first is, that you will never tell anyone that I have granted the interview.”
    — from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
  10. He advised me to intimate to the king in writing that I desired to have the honour of an interview.
    — from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
  11. 'You—you shall be informed in the other interview.'
    — from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
  12. I then begged to have an interview.
    — from The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville
  13. And what would be the effect on Rachel when the stormy interview was over?
    — from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

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