# The novel

The novel took the stories people told for each other and gave them the length to follow one inner life. Don Quixote (1605), The Tale of Genji (about 1000) and many others show the form arriving in different places at different times.

Connects to:
- [Writing](https://mapideas.org/i/hi_writing)

Sources:
- [Wikipedia: Novel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novel)
- [Wikipedia: The Tale of Genji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Genji)

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