Types of novels:
Picaresque novels:
Usually autobiographical, loose structure, highly realistic, satire of social class
Epistolary Novels:
Novels in which the narrative is told in letters by one or more characters, allow the author to present the feelings and reactions of the characters and bring immediacy to the plot, psychological realism.
Gothic Novels:
Characterized by magic, mystery, and horror. Exotic settings.
Sentimental Novels:
The characters and readers have a heightened emotional response to events.
Connected to emerging romantic movement
Historical novels:
Novels that reconstruct a past age often when to cultures are in conflict.
Fictional characters interact with historical figures in actual events.