Books by Katherine Astbury

Realism in terms of plot, structure, characterisation and narration in the moral tale all undergo transformation as the century progresses, primarily because many of the leading literary figures of the period wrote moral tales, from Diderot to Wieland, Louis-Sebastien Mercier to Sophie von La Roche.

During the French Revolution, traditional literary forms such as the sentimental novel and the moral tale dominate literary production.