15 Examples of Novels

Novel

The novel It is an extensive literary work that narrates events that may or may not be fictional. For example: 100 years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez), Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky), Don Quijote of La Mancha (Miguel de Cervantes).

Unlike the stories, which are also part of the narrative genre, novels are longer and usually include a greater number of characters, settings and events. In addition, its plot is more complex and the author dedicates more space to descriptions and details for aesthetic purposes.

Like any narrative text, the novel is structured in three parts:

1. Introduction. It is the beginning of the story, in which the characters and their objectives are presented, in addition to the "normality" of the story, which will be altered at the knot.
2. Knot. The conflict that disrupts normality is presented and the most important events occur.
3. Outcome. The climax is generated and the conflict is resolved.

Types of novels

According to their content, the following types of novels can be identified:

Examples of novels

SCIENCE FICTION

1. 1984. This novel was written by the British George Orwell in the mid-1940s. It is a dystopia starring Winston Smith, who rebels against an omnipresent totalitarian government that watches over and punishes its citizens even for his thoughts.
2. A happy world. Written by the British Aldous Huxley, this dystopia was first published in 1932. It reflects the triumph of consumerism and comfort, as well as the abandonment of essential human values. Society reproduces itself in vitro, as if it were an assembly line.

OF ADVENTURES

1. Around the World in 80 Days. This novel written by the French Jules Verne tells the journey that the British gentleman Phileas Fogg undertakes with his butler French "Passepartout", after a bet in which he risks half his fortune, sure that he will go around the world in 80 days. The text was published in installments in You Tems, between November and December 1872.
2. The island of the treasure. Young Jim Hawkins works alongside his parents at an inn. One day a grumpy and alcoholic old man arrives who, when he dies, leaves a map to find a treasure, which was buried by the pirate Flint on a tropical island. The young man boards a ship to reach the coveted island, but he must live with a band of pirates, led by John Silver, who also want to get the loot. Written by the Scotsman Robert Louis Stevenson, this novel was serialized between 1881 and 1882 in the magazine Young folks.

Policemen

1. The Maltese Falcon. Written by Dashiell Hammett, this text was first published in 1930. The plot unfolds in San Francisco, where private detective Sam Spade must solve a crime at the request of a sensual client.
2. The spy that emerged from the cold. Published in 1963, this novel written by John le Carré stars the British spy Alec Leamas, who, In the context of the Cold War, he must carry out an operation against the head of the German counterintelligence Oriental.

ROMANTIC

1. Pride and prejudice. It was written by the British Jane Austen in 1813. The plot takes place in London, at the end of the 18th century, and its protagonist is the Bennet family. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Bennet sees in marriage her only way out for her five daughters who, being women, will not inherit any property.
2. Like water for Chocolate. Published in 1989, this novel that appeals to magical realism was written by Mexican Laura Esquivel. The story focuses on Tita's life, her love affairs, and her family life. Mexican cuisine and recipes are present throughout history, set during the Mexican Revolution.

HORROR

1. The Horla. This novel, written in the form of a diary, narrates the fears suffered by its protagonist when feeling the presence of an invisible being every night. The French Guy de Maupassant is the author of this work of which three versions are known, published in the 1880s.
2. Item. Published in 1986, this work written by the American Stephen King tells the story of a group of seven children who are terrified by the presence of a shape-shifting monster that feeds on the terror it generates in their victims.

FANTASTIC

1. The Lord of the rings. Written by J.R.R. Tolkien, the story takes place in an imaginary place, in Middle Earth's Third Age of the Sun. Humans, elves and hobbits live there, among other real and fantastic creatures. The novel narrates the journey that Frodo Baggins undertakes to destroy the "unique ring", which will unleash a war against his enemy.
2. harry potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Published in 1997, it is the first in a saga of seven books written by British author J. K. Rowling. It tells the story of Harry, a boy who grew up with his uncles and his cousin after the death of his parents. On his eleventh birthday, he receives a series of letters that will turn his life around. Harry begins to form part of the magical community, after entering the Hogwarts school. There he will make friends who will help him face the witch who murdered his parents.

REALISTIC

1. Madame Bovary. It was written by French author Gustave Flaubert and published, serialized, in the 1850s. It narrates the life of Emma Bovary, who marries a doctor to leave the field in which she lived. Her dreams end up colliding with a different reality than the one he had dreamed of and idealized.
2. Anna Karenina. Written by the Russian Leo Tolstoy, this novel was published in the 1870s and is set in 19th-century Saint Petersburg. It tells the story of a woman (Anna Karenina) married to a Russian imperial minister, who has an affair with Count Vronsky, causing a scandal in high society.