Question

Who are the four wheel of the van of english novel?

Answer 1

Four wheels in the wain of english novel. 1. Novel originated in English soil. It evolved with Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719) and Moll Flanders (1722).

Answer 2

Samuel Richardson (1689-1761)

Henry Fielding (1707-1754)

Tobias Smollet (1721-1771)

Laurence Sterne (1718-1768)

Explanation:

It is rare indeed that four such men of genius as Richardson , Fielding, Smollet,Sterne should be writing at practically the same time. They are the four wheels of the novel Wain, who by their joint efforts brought this new genre to such maturity that it soon became the glory of England. Until now England had looked to the continent for literary models , but henceforth Europe would look to her and imitate her great novelist.