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    A novel is a long work of narrative fiction, usually in prose, published as a single book. It shares some elements with short stories like characters, dialogue, setting, plot, climax, conflict, and resolution, but does not require all of these. There are many genres of novels, including mysteries, thrillers, science fiction, and historical fiction. Two classic examples are Animal Farm by George Orwell, about a communist revolution allegorized through animal characters, and The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, about an old fisherman's struggle to catch a giant marlin. A novel provides a broad perspective on its time period and presents conflicts and their resolutions.

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    A novel is a long work of narrative fiction, usually in prose, published as a single book. It shares some elements with short stories like characters, dialogue, setting, plot, climax, conflict, and resolution, but does not require all of these. There are many genres of novels, including mysteries, thrillers, science fiction, and historical fiction. Two classic examples are Animal Farm by George Orwell, about a communist revolution allegorized through animal characters, and The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, about an old fisherman's struggle to catch a giant marlin. A novel provides a broad perspective on its time period and presents conflicts and their resolutions.

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    Novel

    Novel Definition

    A Novel is a long narrative work of fiction with some realism. It is often in prose form and is


    published as a single book. The word ‘novel’ has been derived from the Italian word ‘novella’
    which means “new”. Similar to a short story, a novel has some features like a representation of
    characters, dialogues, setting, plot, climax, conflict, and resolution. However, it does not require
    all the elements to be a good novel.

    Types of Novel

    There are many types of novels. They include mysteries, thrillers, suspense, detective, science
    fiction, romantic, historical, realist or even postmodern.

    Examples of Novels from Literature


    Example #1

    Animal Farm by George Orwell

    Animal Farm by George Orwell was written in 1945 and published in England. It allegorizes the
    story of the Communist Revolution in Russia through the characters of pigs and satirizes its
    degradation into the same totalitarian regime. The story revolves around animals where pigs are
    the cleverer than others. They bring a revolution, expelling their old master, Mr. Jones.
    However, after a couple of years, the pig leaders Snowball and Napoleon develop friction.
    Snowball flees to save his life, and the situation turns a full circle where Napoleon and his
    cohorts again take a dictatorial turn to run the administration of the farm
    through propaganda and other strategies. This is a short form of a novel with animals as its
    characters.

    Example #2

    The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

    The Old Man and the Sea is a tour de force of Hemingway which won Noble Prize for Literature
    for him. A model of the realistic novel, the Old Man and the Sea presents the story of an old
    man who is too fragile to fish alone in the Gulf Stream near the Cuban capital of Havana.
    However, he hooks a truly huge marlin which tests his mettle for almost three days. Although he
    kills the marlin by the end, he loses it to sharks. His extreme fight and endurance win him
    accolades from the readers.

    Novel Meaning and Function

    A novel presents a whole picture as compared to a short story which displays only one aspect of
    life, or one side of the story. It also shows a vast panorama to its readers to see the story
    through an age in which it is presented such as The Tale of Two Cities has been written during
    the times when France and England were going through a lot of changes. Similarly, a novel also
    presents a conflict and its resolution. For every writer, a novel is a strong tool to present the
    philosophical, historical, social, cultural and moral perspectives.

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