epistolary novel

collocation in English

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epistolary
adjective
uk
/ɪˈpɪstəl.ər.i/us
/ɪˈpɪs.təl.er.i/
formal
involving or consisting of ...
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novel
noun[C]
uk
/ˈnɒv.əl/us
/ˈnɑː.vəl/
a long printed story about imaginary characters ...
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(Definition ofepistolaryandnovelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As anepistolarynovel, the book is composed entirely of letters written by the various characters to each other.
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Theepistolarynovelslowly fell out of use in the late 18th century.
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In 1848, she published her 3 volumes educational work, a novelty in the form of anepistolarynovel.
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The book is therefore a modern example of anepistolarynovel.
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Unlike the first part, this section is in the form of anepistolarynovel.
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His tale mixed narration, poetry and letters from one character to another to demonstrate emotion rather than describe it, making it in one sense anepistolarynovel.
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The book is anepistolarynovel.
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Other well-known examples of early epistolary novels are closely related to the tradition of letter-books and miscellanies of letters.
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This is an unusual element, as most epistolary novels present the documents without questions about how they were gathered.
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These works are epistolary novels, written using the style of the letter game.
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