This is not so much the case in realistic novels.

Still, the book is a respectable achievement in the European tradition of the realistic novel.

In fact, a baby is about the only person, I should think, to whom a modern realistic novel could be read without boring him.

WE expect the writer of a realistic novel to be, by temperament, a moderate.

In general, his work is connected with the tradition of the realistic novel.

But he has also written crime-books, books about love and realistic novels.

His early realistic novels reveal ties with the Generation of 98.

As many readers have noted, Babbitt is not at its heart a realistic novel.

She is regarded as a pioneer of the realistic novel in Sweden.

She continued writing, finishing her last realistic novels and collections of short stories.