texts: topic: Novel  <s> What were the first novels about? </s> <s> Those early novels were medieval and early modern romance, and in the tradition of the novella. </s> <s> That's so cool!  How many novels are published yearly?
labels: Oh gosh, a lot I'm sure. Ian Watt wrote in "The Rise of the Novel" back in 1957 that the first novel came into being in the early 18th century