Home›The Novel and Its Forms›Defining Trait›Purpose and MessageBrowse ByPurpose and MessageFactsPurpose and MessageSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1605 1Purpose and MessageFilter Results6 entriesGenre FamilyAllBroad Forms and Narrative Modes of Fiction (1)Popular and Genre Novel Forms (2)Western Literary Novel Forms (3)GroupAllBroad Forms and Narrative Modes of Fiction (1)Popular and Genre Novel Forms (2)Western Literary Novel Forms (3)Place of OriginAllFrance (1)Greece (1)United Kingdom (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 6AllegoryPurpose and MessageFeminist LiteraturePurpose and MessageJacobin NovelPurpose and MessagePotboilerPurpose and MessageRoman à ThèsePurpose and MessageTourism FictionPurpose and MessageSources1. Novel (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia)Novel, lead section, Cervantes 1605 sentence (genre)Quote, Novel, lead section, Cervantes 1605 sentence (genre)Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote (the first part of which was published in 1605), is frequently cited as the first significant European novelist of the modern era.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.