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Originally Posted by JD Gumby
The epistolary novel (a story told in the form of letters, newspaper articles, etc. - for example, "Dracula") was quite common, back in the day. Quite rare these days for a novel to be done completely in this style, though you can find ones that are partially told this way (such as the news reports acting as summaries of the aftermath in Stephen King novels like "Carrie" and "The Dead Zone"). |
"Dracula" was pretty much the last mainstream novel to be written in epistolary form; they were considered rather passé by the time it was published in 1897, although I'm sure there must have been the odd one after that.