Novel
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...as well as in moral conduct, these works emphasize character rather than action...but likable hero. In addition, the work includes critical comments by the author...Charterhouse of Parma (1839). Both works are psychological studies in which characters...author was primarily concerned about his work as a literary form and consciously distances...particular time and place, persists in such works as Edith Whartons Age of Innocence...helpful in indicating the breadth and diversity of the form, the great novel transcends...