The 18th century was the age of the Enlightenment, when literature explored social upheavals, the contradictions of personality, political satire, geographical exploration, and the comparison between the natural and the urban state of man. Observing human nature and nature itself, both of which were deemed permanent and constant, was one of the period's key characteristics. This age is also known as the Neoclassical period. Original writings generated by classical Greek and Roman literature were highly valued by writers at the time. The 18th century was the first time that novels were widely circulated, and there was a certain level of demand among English readers. People's need to read about ordinary happenings, experiences that shaped the lives and actions of fictitious characters, is also driving this demand. Robinson Crusoe and Tom Jones, penned by Daniel Defoe and Henry Fielding, respectively, are two of the first novels. The epistolary novel, the sentimental novel, chronicles, the gothic novel, and the libertine novel were all novel subgenres in the 18th century. The Age of Enlightenment began in Europe in the 18th century, and it gradually gave way to Romanticism.

Riyas Rasheed

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