epistolary

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of, or related to letters, or the writing of letters
carried on by written correspondence
{a} relating to or transacted by letters
written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence; "an endless sequence of epistolary love affairs"; "the epistolatory novel
Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style
Contained in letters; carried on by letters
{s} pertaining to an epistle, pertaining to a long formal letter
written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence; "an endless sequence of epistolary love affairs"; "the epistolatory novel"
An epistolary novel or story is one that is written as a series of letters. written in the form of a letter or a series of letters
epistolar
epistolary novel
Novel in the form of a series of letters written by one or more characters. It allows the author to present the characters' thoughts without interference, convey events with dramatic immediacy, and present events from several points of view. It was one of the first novelistic forms to be developed. It was foreshadowed by Aphra Behn's poem cycle Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister (1683). The outstanding early example is Samuel Richardson's Pamela (1740); distinguished later works include Tobias Smollett's Humphry Clinker (1771) and Pierre Laclos's Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782). The genre remained popular up to the 19th century. Its reliance on subjective points of view makes it the forerunner of the modern psychological novel
epistolary novel
{i} novel written in form of a series of letters
epistolary

    Hyphenation

    e·pis·to·la·ry

    Turkish pronunciation

    îpîstıleri

    Pronunciation

    /əˈpəstəˌlerē/ /ɪˈpɪstəˌlɛriː/

    Etymology

    () Latin epistola (“letter”)
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