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It is story on the life and love of the handsome son Hikaru Genji, of the emperor Genji.  \nFIRST EUROPEAN NOVEL  \nIn the Year: 1605  \nIt was written by a Spanish writer Miguel De Cervantes and published in 2 parts between 1605 and 1615.  \n\n| \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>REVOLUTION OF NOVEL IN THE 18TH CENTURY\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Upper class appreciated such concepts |  |\n| --- | --- |\n|  | \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Thus, need for a new type of literature arose that would express the new ideas of the 18th Century.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>|\n|  | \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>The 18th Century new literature was characterized (distinguished) by the spirit of  realism and denial of romantic features like enthusiasm, passion and imagination.  |\n| \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr> The foreground of novel was prepared by all these factors.  |  |\n\n\n| \u003Cbr>IN ENGLAND After 1740, novel originated (started) as the literary form in England\u003Cbr>|  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>A class of people had emerged to occupy asan elite class (upperclass) |  | \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Increase in trade and commerce, along with Industrial Revolution-gave rise of middle class\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>The realistic picture of everyday life and problems of common man depicted in the novels appealed to the newly educated class and was regarded by them as respectable reading material. |  |\n| \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Thus, novel as a form appears to have been designed for both to voice the aspirations (hope) of the middle and lower classes and meet their longings (desire)\u003Cbr>The spread of machines could provide a time to the educated middle class for reading and discussions about the books\u003Cbr>|  |  |  |\n| \u003Cbr>Drama and poetry were the two literary forms that were fading away. Novel was a combination of some features of them and some new features were added to the form. |  |  |  |\n|  | It was the prominent (important) form in the 18th century and onwards to encompass (surround) the social, political and cultural happenings and scientific progress. |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n\n FAMOUS NOVELIST OF 18TH CENTURY   \n“The Pilgrim’s Progress” by John Bunyan (1678)  \n“Oroonoko” by Aphra Behn (1688) initiated the plenteous (plentiful) and colorful tradition of English novel  \n“Robinson Crusoe”“Moll Flanders” by Daniel Defoe  \n“Gulliver’s Travel’s – a famous satire (act)” by Jonathan Swift.  \n\n| \u003Cbr>Samuel Richardson: “Pamela or Virtue Rewarded” or “Clarissa Harlowe”both epistolary (in the form of letters) novels\u003Cbr>|  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| | | |\n|  Henry Fielding \u003Cbr>|  Lawrence Sterne \u003Cbr>|  Tobias Smollet \u003Cbr>|\n| \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>OTHER STALWART (Strong) NOVELISTS: |  |  |\n| \u003Cbr> Charles Dickens\u003Cbr> Walter Scott\u003Cbr> Nathaniel Hawthorne\u003Cbr> Horace Walpole\u003Cbr>Thomas Hardy\u003Cbr> Willkie Collins\u003Cbr> H G Wells |  |  |\n\n NOVELS & NOVELIST OF 20TH CENTURY   \nMarked by modern topics and innovative styles and techniques and widened (broad) angles of views of novelist  \nThey widened the circumference of the genre by writing political, s","cbCaiutjPsdRv1v3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiutjPsdRv1v3","pdf",3505920,23,"English","# 4.1 History of Novel\n## Definition and origin\n## Greek and world early novels\n## Revolution of the novel in the 18th century\n## In England after 1740\n## Famous novelists of the 18th century\n## Novels and novelists of the 20th century\n## Contribution of women novelists","[{\"question\":\"What is a novel, according to the document?\",\"answer\":\"A novel is a long narrative fiction written in prose that describes intimate (close) human experiences. 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