204:, an anonymous pseudonym authoring a collection of eight illegal, serialized narratives: “Epistle,” “Epitome,” “Hay Any Work,” “Metaphysical School-points,” “Theses Martinianae,” “Just Censure,” “More Work for Cooper,” and “The Protestation” (1588-1589)
265:
can be defined so as to exclude earlier candidates. (The article for novel contains detailed information on the history of the terms "novel" and "romance" and the bodies of texts they defined in a historical perspective.)
316:, even those sharing common themes and settings, and novels per se, which typically has a single protagonist and narrative throughout. This might also lead to the exclusion of
338:(in which characters and events have political, religious or other meanings) and the novel, in which characters and events stand only for themselves, and so exclude
523:
156:
594:
327:, which has a heroic protagonist and fantastic elements, and the novel, which attempts to present a realistic story. This would, yet again, exclude
80:
194:
261:
There are multiple candidates for first novel in
English partly because of ignorance of earlier works, but largely because the term
394:
324:
189:
168:
359:
340:
212:
113:
45:
589:
399:
68:
357:, made up of a connected sequence of episodes, and the novel, which has unity of structure, and so exclude
309:
248:
559:
The New York Times Guide to
Essential Knowledge, Second Edition: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind
181:
The following are other early long works of prose fiction in
English not generally considered novels:
301:
34:
461:
91:
574:
479:
453:
201:
163:
96:
557:
507:
445:
236:
381:
346:
224:
146:
134:
243:
219:
185:
62:
50:
583:
313:
75:
29:
376:
231:
207:
141:
509:
Freedom's Empire: Race and the Rise of the Novel in
Atlantic Modernity, 1640–1940
108:
275:
Critics typically require a novel to have a certain length. This would exclude
354:
120:
524:"Novel departure – Vertue Rewarded, the first Irish novel written in English"
457:
57:
368:
335:
277:
125:
465:
433:
282:
449:
262:
17:
16:
A number of works of literature have been claimed to be the first
114:
The
Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come
373:
The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and
Fielding
575:
Historical texts relating to Beware the Cat by
William Baldwin
484:, p. 161. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
147:
The Life and
Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
418:
Ringler, William A. and
Michael Flachmann eds. "Preface."
512:, p. 97. Duke University Press. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
434:""Beware the Cat" and the Beginnings of English Fiction"
97:
The
Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World
402:
for earlier claimants in English and other languages.
213:
The Unfortunate Traveller, or The Life of Jack Wilton
481:
The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature
308:Critics typically make a distinction between
8:
562:, p. 67. Macmillan. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
353:Critics typically distinguish between the
334:Critics typically distinguish between the
323:Critics typically distinguish between the
157:The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
371:'s seminal study in literary sociology,
295:Critics typically require a novel to be
422:. San Marino: Huntington Library, 1988.
411:
54:, (written 1553, published 1570, 1584)
7:
42:), (written c. 1470, published 1485)
195:The Book of the Knight of the Tower
299:and so exclude retellings such as
81:The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
14:
395:List of first novels by language
385:(1719), gained wide acceptance.
595:Early Modern English literature
257:Differing definitions of novel
1:
126:Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave
432:Ringler, William A. (1979).
63:Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit
611:
375:(1957), Watt's candidate,
367:Owing to the influence of
190:Geoffroy de la Tour Landry
169:Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded
438:Novel: A Forum on Fiction
360:The Unfortunate Traveller
478:Sampson, George (1941).
400:Category:Novels by date
188:'s 1483 translation of
69:Euphues and his England
542:The Westminster Review
495:The Westminster Review
341:The Pilgrim's Progress
198:(originally in French)
544:, Volume 138. p. 610.
506:Doyle, Laura (2008).
497:, Volume 138. p. 610.
540:Chapman, J. (1892).
493:Chapman, J. (1892).
177:Other relevant works
554:The New York Times
290:Content and intent
249:Gulliver's Travels
92:Margaret Cavendish
24:List of candidates
329:Le Morte d'Arthur
318:Le Morte d'Arthur
302:Le Morte d'Arthur
202:Martin Marprelate
164:Samuel Richardson
103:The Blazing World
35:Le Morte d'Arthur
602:
563:
551:
545:
538:
532:
531:
519:
513:
504:
498:
491:
485:
476:
470:
469:
429:
423:
416:
237:The Consolidator
40:Le Morte Darthur
610:
609:
605:
604:
603:
601:
600:
599:
580:
579:
571:
566:
552:
548:
539:
535:
528:The Irish Times
521:
520:
516:
505:
501:
492:
488:
477:
473:
450:10.2307/1345439
431:
430:
426:
417:
413:
409:
391:
382:Robinson Crusoe
347:A Tale of a Tub
297:wholly original
292:
272:
259:
225:A Tale of a Tub
179:
152:Robinson Crusoe
135:Vertue Rewarded
46:William Baldwin
26:
12:
11:
5:
608:
606:
598:
597:
592:
590:English novels
582:
581:
578:
577:
570:
569:External links
567:
565:
564:
546:
533:
514:
499:
486:
471:
444:(2): 113–126.
424:
420:Beware the Cat
410:
408:
405:
404:
403:
397:
390:
387:
365:
364:
351:
332:
321:
306:
291:
288:
287:
286:
271:
268:
258:
255:
254:
253:
244:Jonathan Swift
241:
229:
220:Jonathan Swift
217:
205:
199:
186:William Caxton
178:
175:
174:
173:
161:
139:
130:
118:
106:
89:
73:
55:
51:Beware the Cat
43:
25:
22:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
607:
596:
593:
591:
588:
587:
585:
576:
573:
572:
568:
561:
560:
555:
550:
547:
543:
537:
534:
529:
525:
518:
515:
511:
510:
503:
500:
496:
490:
487:
483:
482:
475:
472:
467:
463:
459:
455:
451:
447:
443:
439:
435:
428:
425:
421:
415:
412:
406:
401:
398:
396:
393:
392:
388:
386:
384:
383:
378:
374:
370:
362:
361:
356:
352:
349:
348:
343:
342:
337:
333:
330:
326:
322:
319:
315:
314:short stories
311:
307:
304:
303:
298:
294:
293:
289:
284:
281:, arguably a
280:
279:
274:
273:
269:
267:
264:
256:
251:
250:
245:
242:
239:
238:
233:
230:
227:
226:
221:
218:
215:
214:
209:
206:
203:
200:
197:
196:
191:
187:
184:
183:
182:
176:
171:
170:
165:
162:
159:
158:
154:) (1719) and
153:
149:
148:
143:
140:
137:
136:
131:
128:
127:
122:
119:
116:
115:
110:
107:
104:
100:
98:
93:
90:
87:
83:
82:
77:
76:Philip Sidney
74:
71:
70:
65:
64:
59:
56:
53:
52:
47:
44:
41:
37:
36:
31:
30:Thomas Malory
28:
27:
23:
21:
19:
558:
553:
549:
541:
536:
527:
522:Burke, Ray.
517:
508:
502:
494:
489:
480:
474:
441:
437:
427:
419:
414:
380:
377:Daniel Defoe
372:
366:
358:
345:
339:
328:
317:
300:
296:
276:
260:
247:
235:
232:Daniel Defoe
223:
211:
208:Thomas Nashe
193:
180:
167:
155:
151:
145:
142:Daniel Defoe
133:
124:
112:
102:
95:
85:
79:
67:
61:
49:
39:
33:
20:in English.
15:
310:collections
160:(also 1719)
132:Anonymous,
109:John Bunyan
66:(1578) and
584:Categories
407:References
355:picaresque
121:Aphra Behn
458:0029-5132
58:John Lyly
556:(2007).
389:See also
369:Ian Watt
336:allegory
278:Oroonoko
150:(a.k.a.
105:) (1666)
101:(a.k.a.
88:) (1581)
84:(a.k.a.
38:(a.k.a.
466:1345439
325:romance
283:novella
86:Arcadia
72:(1580)
464:
456:
270:Length
252:(1726)
240:(1705)
228:(1704)
216:(1594)
172:(1740)
138:(1693)
129:(1688)
117:(1678)
462:JSTOR
263:novel
18:novel
454:ISSN
344:and
446:doi
379:'s
312:of
586::
526:.
460:.
452:.
442:12
440:.
436:.
246:,
234:,
222:,
210:,
192:,
166:,
144:,
123:,
111:,
94:,
78:,
60:,
48:,
32:,
530:.
468:.
448::
363:.
350:.
331:.
320:.
305:.
285:.
99:,
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.