Popular Epistolary Novels:
-The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- Carrie by Stephen King
-The Color Purple by Alice Walker
-Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
-Up the Down Stair Case by Bel Caufman
-Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger
Epistolary novels offer readers closer insight to character's thought and a fresh perspective. The degree of how personal an epistolary piece is depends on its form, whether that be through notes, journal entries, letters, recordings,etc.
The Three Types of Epistolary Novels:
-Monologic-(of, relating to, or characteristic of a monologue <voice … (x) )The writing of only an individual character is presented.
-Dialogic-(of, relating to, or characterized by dialogue <dialogicwriting> (x)) An exchange of writing between two characters
-Polylogic- Writing occurring between three or more characters
(Source of Types of Epistolary Novels)
"Flowers For Algernon" is another really great example of an epistolary novel, it is made up of journal entries. Based on the information you posted it would be considered a monologic epistolary novel. Aside from that it is a wonderful book!
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