English Literature GCSE
Epistolary Form
What Epistolary Form means in English Literature GCSE, as defined for OCR, Pearson Edexcel.
Definitions of Epistolary Form
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A novel written as a series of documents, usually letters.
A novel written as a series of documents or letters.
Topics that use Epistolary Form
- th century prose (OCR GCSE)
- 19th-Century Novel (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- 19th-Century Novel (choice of: Jane Eyre, Great Expectations, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, A Christmas Carol, Pride and Prejudice, Silas Marner, Frankenstein) (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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