Prose fiction
There are different types of fiction texts, the main types are:
- A straight piece of writing, not poetry.
- poetry
- drama
Fiction texts have a creative element to them and tend to use Any method an author uses to add meaning or interest to a text, such as metaphors, similes or alliteration.. Prose fiction from the 19th century tends to have longer, more complex sentences, and often has more description than modern fiction texts do.
Within each type of fiction, there are different A category or type of something. Fiction and non-fiction are two examples of different genres.. For example, there are different genres of prose fiction. In the 19th century the following prose genres were popular:
- A literary genre originating from the 18th century, which describes a sinister, grotesque or mysterious atmosphere.
- A genre of fiction often representing contemporary life and often focused on social problems.
- romance fiction
- crime fiction
Arthur Conan Doyle is well known for developing the crime fiction genre. His character Sherlock Holmes appeared in several short stories and novels, including the The Sign of Four in 1890.
Mary Shelley鈥檚 novel Frankenstein (1818) is an example of gothic fiction. This novel is based in a series of gloomy settings and has a supernatural theme and an atmosphere of terror and horror.
Here are some other celebrated fiction writers from the 19th century:
- Jane Austen (1775 鈥 1817) - Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Sense and Sensibility
- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) - Bleak House, Oliver Twist and David Copperfield
- Charlotte Bronte (1816 -1855) - Jane Eyre and Villette
- George Eliot (1819-1880) - Middlemarch and The Mill on the Floss
- Thomas Hardy (1840 鈥 1928) - Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd
