The Origin of the Novel

Explore the fascinating origin of the novel and discover the groundbreaking books that shaped literary history. Dive into the evolution of storytelling from its earliest roots.

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Tom Jones

by Henry Fielding

Tom Jones is widely regarded as one of the first and most influential English novels. It is certainly the funniest. Tom Jones, the hero of …
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

by Laurence Sterne

Edited by Joan New and Melvyn New.
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Clarissa

by Samuel Richardson

"Oh thou savage-hearted monster! What work hast thou made in one guilty hour, for a whole age of repentance!" Pressured by her unscrupulous family to …
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Gulliver's Travels

by Jonathan Swift

A wickedly clever satire uses comic inversions to offer telling insights into the nature of man and society. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels …
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