The silver fork novel, also called the fashionable novel, was a nineteenth-century genre of English literature that depicted the lives of the upper class and the aristocracy.
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Place of OriginEngland; the term "silver fork" was coined by critic William Hazlitt in his 1827 article "The Dandy School." 1 Notable ExampleCatherine Gore and Lady Charlotte Bury, described as the most popular authors of silver fork novels. 1 Defining TraitA nineteenth-century genre of English literature, also called the fashionable novel, that depicted the lives of the upper class and the aristocracy. 1 Defining Trait Connections
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Fashionable novels, also called silver-fork novels, were a 19th-century genre of English literature that depicted the lives of the upper class and the aristocracy.
'Genre and satire of the genre' section
The most popular authors of silver fork novels were women, including Catherine Gore and Lady Charlotte Bury.
'Genre and satire of the genre' section, Hazlitt sentence
William Hazlitt coined the term "silver fork" in an article on "The Dandy School" in 1827.
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