The biographical novel is a genre of novel that provides a fictional account of a contemporary or historical person's life, modifying details, as biographical fiction generally does, to serve the artistic requirements of the novel form. Works in the genre are sometimes labeled semi-biographical novels to signal their varying degree of historical accuracy.
Facts
Notable ExampleRobert Graves's I, Claudius (1934) 1 Defining TraitBiographical novels blend fact and invention, trimming or reimagining details of a real person's life to meet the artistic needs of the novel form. 1 Connections
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1. Biographical Novel (Wikipedia)
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Like other forms of biographical fiction, details are often trimmed or reimagined to meet the artistic needs of the fictional genre, the novel.
Notable biographical novels list
I, Claudius (1934) by Robert Graves
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