Epistolary:
adjective - of or pertaining to writing epistles or letters; in theform of a letter or letters; contained in or conducted by letters.Many novels have been written in the epistolary style:
Frankenstein,
84 Charing Cross Road, and
Flowers for Algernon, share the epistolarystructure. Most of the narrative comes to readers via letters or other forms ofcorrespondence instead of the more traditional storytelling style.
'The epistolary novel,
84 CharingCross Road, transferred surprisingly well, from its series of letterscrossing the Atlantic, into a stage play and a movie.'
Published on June 25, 2011 07:00