Home›The Novel and Its Forms›Era of Emergence›By Decade›1700sBrowse By1700sFacts1700sSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1605 11700sFilter Results1 entryGenre FamilyAllWestern Literary Novel Forms (1)GroupAllWestern Literary Novel Forms (1)Show ResultsSentimental Novel1700sSources1. 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.