What were the earliest novels?

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Answer 1

i think robert louis steavenson and enid blyton

Answer 2

Depends on your definition of novel... some folks say the first novel was "The Tale of Genji" by... uh oh. Lady Matasuka-something? Sorry - but it's a fiction narrative written for purposes similar to modern novels.

Another early one to add to what others have said - The Song of Roland. 12th century, maybe? A crusader story about the Iberian Reconquista.

Answer 3

The novel is usually considered a modern genre of literature, its history beginning in the 17th century. However, there are several ancient and medieval texts that fully qualify as novels in the sense of "extended fictional narrative in prose".

There was a tradition of prose fictions, both in a satirical mode (with Petronius's Satyricon and the incredible stories of Lucian of Samosata), and a heroic strain (with the romances of Heliodorus and Longus). The ancient Greek romance was revived by Byzantine novelists of the 12th century. All of these traditions were then rediscovered in the 17th and 18th centuries, ultimately influencing the modern book market. Following the medieval romance, it is difficult to give a full catalog of the genres that finally culminated—with the works of Boccaccio, Geoffrey Chaucer, Niccolò Machiavelli and Miguel de Cervantes—in the "novel" as known today .


Ancient and medieval:

Panchatantra by Vishnu Sarma - (Sanskrit, 2nd century BCE)
Daphnis and Chloe by Longus
Satyricon by Petronius
The Golden *** by Lucius Apuleius and Λουκιος η Ονος by Lucian of Samosata - (2nd century) both based on lost original by Lucius of Patrae
The Adventures of the Ten Princes by Sri Dandin - (Sanskrit in the 6th or 7th century)
Kadambari by Banabhatta - (Sanskrit, 7th century)
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter by Anonymous - (Japanese, 10th century)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong - (Chinese, 14th century)

Answer 4

Don Quijote by Miguel Cervantes

Answer 5

Pamela by Samuel Richardson is widely considered the first ENGLISH novel. Depends on the definition of course.

Answer 6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_novel_in_English

I'm glad you asked that. I have to read a couple of these books in the link above. I'd never even heard of some of them and I've read "Gil Blas". There is always more to learn... But I still vote for "The Epic Of GIlgamesh" (circa 2650 B.C.) But it's all in the definition of a novel.

Answer 7

The Iliad, The Odyssey, or Beowulf would be my guesses.

Answer 8

You got :
The Bible
The Odyssey

sadly enough.. thats all i can think of right now. my brain is tired i think hah