Talk:Social novel

message: What are the 18th century works alluded to here? I thought that the 1840s and 1850s marked the beginnings of this sub-genre?Rwood128 (talk) 00:29, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  18th century origins? 

message: There are several articles that cover similar territory to this one: Problem novel; Social protest novel; and Industrial novel. I suggest that they should be merged with this article. Any comments? Rwood128 (talk) 11:27, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re merging various articles 

message: *Merging with Social novel article? 
This article and the Social novel cover similar territory: Should they be combined? Rwood128 (talk) 11:18, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Social protest novel Talk page

message: *Merge
These two articles appear to talk about two difference things but use the same (or very similar) term. My belief is that this should be one article that deals with the ideas comprehensively. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 10:34, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Could be we've got two sub-sections of the publishing and literary world which use the same term for two different things. If so, we need to create two separate articles and disambiguate. --Orange Mike | Talk 05:56, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  There may be even more pages that cover similar, if not identical, territory. Did you realise that there's also a Problem fiction page and a Social problem novel page? I created numerous 'See also' links yesterday which underline this. Rwood128 (talk) 21:18, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

text: http://www.slate.com/articles/life/sandbox/2005/06/battle_of_the_books.html might be a way of expanding the YA aspect.  It has links to a few other sources.  WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:28, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  In fact the Social problem novel does not have a page and you are redirected to the Social novel, so I'd suggest that it should be the main page. Rwood128 (talk) 13:56, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problem novel Talk page following merging 

message: ===Deletion of this article*===
There is also a Problem novel page and it is more developed than this one. In addition there are other similar pages such as the Social problem novel page. I therefore suggest that this page be merged with the Problem novel page and a disambiguation connection established. Later, perhaps, further mergers can be made. Rwood128 (talk) 15:23, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Talk page from Problem fiction

message: There is also a Problem novel page and it is more developed than this one. In addition there are other similar pages such as the Social problem novel page. I therefore suggest that this page be merged with the Problem novel page and a disambiguation connection established. Later, perhaps, further mergers can be made. Rwood128 (talk) 15:23, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Deletion of this article*

message: === Merge with Social novel? ===
This article covers the same territory as the Social novel, so that they should be perhaps be merged. Any comment? Rwood128 (talk) 11:31, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Talk page for Industrial novel after merging 

message: This article covers the same territory as the Social novel, so that they should be perhaps be merged. Any comment? Rwood128 (talk) 11:31, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with Social novel? 

message: Substituted at 06:25, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: Should Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton be added to the list? Pete unseth (talk) 22:43, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Pete unseth, looks like it. I found this in the article on the novel: "Cry, the Beloved Country is a social protest against the structures of the society that would later give rise to apartheid"(Main themes). Rwood128 (talk) 11:51, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Other Social Novels