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  2. Malay Annals - Wikipedia

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    The Malay Annals is historical literature written in the form of narrative-prose with its main theme being lauding the greatness and superiority of Malacca. [32] The narration, while seemingly relating the story of the reign of the sultans of Malacca until the destruction of the sultanate by the Portuguese in 1511 and beyond, deals with a core issue of Malay statehood and historiography, the ...

  3. Historical fiction - Wikipedia

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    Historical fiction is a literary genre in which a fictional plot takes place in the setting of particular real historical events.Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other types of narrative, including theatre, opera, cinema, and television, as well as video games and graphic novels.

  4. Belenggu - Wikipedia

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    [32] [38] Belenggu was the only novel published by the magazine [38] and the first Indonesian psychological novel. [1] In 1969, Belenggu received the first annual Literary Prize from the government of Indonesia, along with Marah Rusli 's Sitti Nurbaya (1922), Salah Asuhan , and Achdiat Karta Mihardja 's Atheis ( Atheist ; 1949).

  5. Student Hidjo - Wikipedia

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    Student Hidjo (Perfected spelling Student Hijo, both meaning Student Green) is a 1918 novel by Marco Kartodikromo.Originally published as a serial in the newspaper Sinar Hindia, it was republished in book form in 1919 by Masman & Stroink.

  6. Three-volume novel - Wikipedia

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    The three-volume novel (sometimes three-decker or triple decker [note 1]) was a standard form of publishing for British fiction during the nineteenth century. It was a significant stage in the development of the modern novel as a form of popular literature in Western culture .

  7. Plan of a Novel, according to Hints from Various Quarters

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    The intention of the work was to set down the essential parts of the "ideal novel". Austen was following, and guying, the recommendations of Clarke. [1] The work was also influenced by some of Austen's personal circle with views on the novel of courtship, and names are recorded in the margins of the manuscript; [9] they included William Gifford, her publisher, and her niece Fanny Knight.

  8. Novel - Wikipedia

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    A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. [1] The word derives from the Italian: novella for "new", "news", ...

  9. Whirlwind (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Whirlwind is a novel by James Clavell, first published in 1986.It forms part of the Asian Saga and is chronologically the last book in the series.. Set in Iran in early 1979, it follows the fortunes of a group of Struan's helicopter pilots, Iranian officials and oil men and their families in the turmoil surrounding the fall of the Iranian monarchy and the rise of the Ayatollah Khomeini.