Features of novel
A novel is a kind of fictional work about people and events. The word novel is an adaptation of the Italian word novella (from the plural of Latin Novellus, a late variant of Novus, meaning “new”). The elements which have been recognized, more or less, to constitute the necessary ingredients of the novel are as follows:
- Setting
- Narrative method and point of view
- Plot
- Characters
- Continuity or story interest or narrative that carries forward the plot
- Artistic unity of theme
- Dialogue
- Expression of the spirit of its age
- Interpretation of life
- Entertainment or escape
