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The 64 pages that link to Literary realism, each with the reason it gives.

• George CrabbeNarrower topic: Crabbe’s unsparing village portraits anticipate concerns central to realist writing.

• Jacqueline WilsonNarrower topic: Wilson’s everyday settings and family conflicts place much of her fiction within children’s realism.

• Sentimental EducationNarrower topic: Flaubert uses realistic detail to undermine the heroic expectations Frédéric brings to life.

• Tess of the d'UrbervillesRelated: Hardy’s rural labor and economic pressures ground Tess’s tragedy in everyday realities.

• The Charterhouse of ParmaCompared with: Stendhal’s psychological precision anticipates realism, while the novel retains Romantic energy and improbable turns.

• The ScholarsRelated: The novel’s recognizable social types and institutions invite discussion of its realist qualities.

• Alan HollinghurstRelated: His close attention to social detail connects his novels with modern realist traditions.

• Catherynne M. ValenteCompared with: Her work instead foregrounds the marvelous, the symbolic, and openly constructed narratives.

• Donna TarttNarrower topic: Tartt’s elaborate plots unfold within carefully rendered social environments.

• MájovciRelated: The group’s interest in contemporary experience anticipated realist tendencies in Czech writing.

• Marlon JamesCompared with: James’s work often breaks realist conventions through myth, fantasy, and sharply shifting voices.

• Mohamed ChoukriRelated: Choukri’s unsentimental scenes make deprivation and survival materially present.

• Slice of lifeRelated: Slice of life often uses realism to make routine events and ordinary settings convincing.

• Tirant lo BlanchRelated: Tirant’s practical warfare and bodily humor distinguish it from more idealized romances.