epistolary novel
Americannoun
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Laclos' epistolary novel spins a web of decadent self-involvement and class warfare through the exchange of letters between the Marquise de Merteuil, a wealthy widow, and her former lover Vicomte de Valmont.
From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2022
Based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer-winning epistolary novel, Celie’s Dickensian journey of suffering and redemption is enlivened by an exuberant, bluesy score by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2022
Rigetti’s debut is a clever epistolary novel with an elegant con woman at its center — in other words, perfect escapism for this moment.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2021
As a teenager, she wrote poetry and an epistolary novel; in her early 20s, she struck up a correspondence with the poet Alexander Pope.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2021
Although technically it may be called an epistolary novel, its author is no Richardson in marshalling the strategies of the epistolary technique.
From Olinda's Adventures: or the Amours of a Young Lady by Anonymous
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