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
Rooney is back with another bookish, epistolary novel — this time following two intelligent young adults navigating their personal lives amid the backdrop of environmental and social upheaval.
From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2021
Moreover, it is not Richardson, the meticulous inventor of the epistolary novel, but the past-mistress of sensational romance who is credited with originating the English domestic novel.
From The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood by Whicher, George Frisbie
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