History of Novel HSC

The world's first novel

• Tale of Genji

• Don Quixote

• The pilgrim's promise

• Arthshastra

The originator of the European novel

• Don Quixote

• Macbeth

• The idea of march

• The Canterbury Tales

Precursors to the modern novel

• Virgil's ecologues

• Mallory's Morte De Arthur

• Canterbury Tales

• Virtue rewarded

New forms of English literature discovered in 18th century

• The periodical essay

• The novel

• The novella

• The sonnet

The word 'novel' is derived from the italian word

• Novella

• Novelle

• Novicus

• Novinia

Who wrote Don Quixote

• Miguel de Cervantes

• Pedro Fabarecci

• Antonio Avares

• Ricardo Braithwaite

Prominent 18th century novelist

• Daniel Dafoe

• E.M. Forester

• Graham Greene

• George Orwell

Regarded as the first science fiction novel

• Frankenstein

• Dracula

• Invisible man

• The time machine

First English novel by an indian

• Rajmohan's wife

• Malgudi days

• The monk

• Hinduvta

A major trio of indian writers

• Mulkraj Anand

• R.K. Narayan

• Raja Rao

• Anita Desai