Novels A - Z

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[bluzman61]

Watchers - Dean Koontz

 

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[esme]

You Can't Go Home Again

 

[Dalia]

 

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Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery

 

[Auld Phart]

 

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Christine - Stephen King

 

[esme]

(The) Death of the Heart - Elizabeth Bowen

 

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East of Eden - John Steinbeck

 

[Auld Phart]

 

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Gerald's Game - Stephen King

 

[esme]

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This is not a novel.

Novel: a fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism.

 

[bluzman61]

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This is not a novel.

It looks like Willie screwed up.

 

[esme]

Far From the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy

 

[esme]

Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad

We are ready for 'I'

 

[bluzman61]

In Cold Blood - Truman Capote, novelization of actual horrific event.

 

[esme]

In Cold Blood - Truman Capote, novelization of actual horrific event.

It's called a 'true crime novel.' Capote created the genre. It is considered a novel (loosely) in the sense it is a sub-genre of novel, but it is a rendition of a true event, though it reads like a novel. Some critics have said he did fictionalize certain things in it. Literally though, it is not supposed to be fiction at all. I have taught it, actually, several times. It suffices in this category because it is a sub-genre falling in the category of 'true crime novel.'

 

[bluzman61]

In Cold Blood - Truman Capote, novelization of actual horrific event.

It's called a 'true crime novel.' Capote created the genre. It is considered a novel (loosely) in the sense it is a sub-genre of novel, but it is a rendition of a true event, though it reads like a novel. Some critics have said he did fictionalize certain things in it. Literally though, it is not supposed to be fiction at all. I have taught it, actually, several times. It suffices in this category because it is a sub-genre falling in the category of 'true crime novel.'

Thanks for this info, esme.

 

[esme]

In Cold Blood - Truman Capote, novelization of actual horrific event.