This is not so much the case in realistic novels.
Still, the book is a respectable achievement in the European tradition of the realistic novel.
In fact, a baby is about the only person, I should think, to whom a modern realistic novel could be read without boring him.
WE expect the writer of a realistic novel to be, by temperament, a moderate.
In general, his work is connected with the tradition of the realistic novel.
But he has also written crime-books, books about love and realistic novels.
His early realistic novels reveal ties with the Generation of 98.
As many readers have noted, Babbitt is not at its heart a realistic novel.
She is regarded as a pioneer of the realistic novel in Sweden.
She continued writing, finishing her last realistic novels and collections of short stories.
