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silver fork novels

silver fork novels is the plural of silver fork novel.

Meaning of silver fork novel

Noun

silver fork novel (plural silver fork novels)

  1. A 19th-century genre of English literature that depicted the lives of the upper class and the aristocracy.
    • In addition, the chapter also explores the influence of the London Season on the content and form of the silver fork novel. One common critique of the silver fork novel was that the genre was formulaic and, thus, easily produced by any hack writer who might put pen to paper.2015, Cheryl A. Wilson, Fashioning the Silver Fork Novel, Routledge, →ISBN, page 22
    Synonyms:
    fashionable novel

Questions about silver fork novels

What is silver fork novels the plural of?
Silver fork novels is the plural of silver fork novel.

Words near silver fork novels in the dictionary

  1. silver firs
  2. silver fluoride
  3. silver foil
  4. silver foils
  5. silver fork novel
  6. silver fork novels
  7. silver fox
  8. silver foxes
  9. silver foxy
  10. silver frost
  11. silver frosts

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