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Types of novels
Examples of novels

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 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:

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.
Knot. The conflict that alters normality is presented and the most important events occur.
Outcome. The climax is generated and the conflict is resolved.

See also: Literary text

Types of novels

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

Of Science fiction. They narrate the supposed impact that a certain technology or scientific advance could have on the world.
Of adventures. They narrate the journey or journey that the protagonist undertakes from beginning to end. The story reflects how that journey transforms the character, who will no longer be the same as when he left.
Police. The plot revolves around the resolution of a crime and the explanation of his motive. Its protagonists are usually policemen, private investigators, lawyers or detectives.
Romantic Eroticism and love relationships are the axis of this type of narration. Also called pink novels, in these texts love always triumphs in the face of adversity.
Horror. Its main objective is to cause fear and tension in its readers. For this, the author uses the recreation of atmospheres, in addition to the presence of supernatural and monstrous entities.
Fantastic. They describe a possible world created from the imagination. This world has different rules, characters, and elements from the real world.
Realistic. Unlike fantasy novels, they tell stories that take place in real worlds, so they are credible. Descriptions abound, events are told in chronological order, and sometimes the story includes a moral or social lesson.

Examples of novels

SCIENCE FICTION

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 and punishes its citizens even for their thoughts.
A happy world. Written by the British Aldous Huxley, this dystopia was published for the first time in 1932. It embodies 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

Around the World in 80 Days. This novel written by the French Jules Verne narrates the journey that the British gentleman Phileas Fogg undertakes with his French butler "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.
The island of the treasure. Young Jim Hawkins works with his parents at an inn. One day a grumpy, 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 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.

See also: Epic

Policemen

The Maltese Falcon. Written by Dashiell Hammett, this text was published for the first time in 1930. The plot takes place in San Francisco, where private detective Sam Spade must solve a crime at the request of a sensual client.
The spy that emerged from the cold. Published in 1963, this novel written by John le Carré has as its protagonist the British spy Alec Leamas, who, in the context of the Cold War, must carry out an operation against the head of the East German counterintelligence.

ROMANTIC

Pride and prejudice. It was written by the British Jane Austen in 1813. The plot is set in London at the end of the 18th century and has the Bennet family as its main character. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Bennet sees in marriage the only way out for her five daughters who, being women, will not inherit any property.
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

The Horla. This novel, written in the form of a diary, narrates the fears that its protagonist suffers 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.
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 monster that changes shape and that feeds on the terror it generates in its victims.

FANTASTIC

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 "single ring", which will unleash a war against his enemy.
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 has been raised with his uncles and 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 be part of the magical community, after entering Hogwarts school. There he will make friends who will help him face the sorcerer who murdered his parents.

REALISTIC

Madam bovary. It was written by French author Gustave Flaubert and published serially in the 1850s. It tells the life of Emma Bovary, who marries a doctor to leave the country where she lived. His dreams end up colliding with a different reality than the one he had dreamed of and idealized.
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.