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Seema Kumari
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Posted 4 year ago
Seema Kumari 
Why Robinson Crusoe is the first novel?
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Shweta Jain
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Posted 4 year ago Shweta Jain

The significance of Robinson Crusoe is that it is pointed as the first English novel. ... Ian Watt says: “Defoe's novels are landmark in the history of fiction largely because they are the first considerable narratives which embody all the elements of formal realism”(104).
Rahila Ahmed
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Posted 4 year ago Rahila Ahmed

The significance of Robinson Crusoe is that it is pointed as the first English novel.
Nikku
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Posted 4 year ago Nikku

 The first novel is usually credited to be Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe which was first published in 1719 (Lee). Therefore, stories like Robinson Crusoe stand up as much more likely candidates as true “novels” because Defoe explains the entire life of the protagonist, even the seemingly mundane details.