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As Malthus himself explains, his essay was inspired by an argument with a friend about the journalist and novelist William Godwin—best known today as the father of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein.
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Roy Scranton, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
Late English novelist Ian Lancaster Fleming has it as a middle name.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 18 Sep. 2025
All this changed in 1977 when Larkin and Lord David Cecil both cited Pym when The Times Literary Supplement asked leading literary figures to name Britain’s most underrated novelists.
—Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Entertainer Joan Rivers and novelist Maya Angelou both stayed at the hotel in 1978.
—Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 14 Sep. 2025
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Roy Scranton, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
Late English novelist Ian Lancaster Fleming has it as a middle name.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 18 Sep. 2025
All this changed in 1977 when Larkin and Lord David Cecil both cited Pym when The Times Literary Supplement asked leading literary figures to name Britain’s most underrated novelists.
—Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Entertainer Joan Rivers and novelist Maya Angelou both stayed at the hotel in 1978.
—Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Novelist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/novelist. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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novelist
noun
nov·el·ist
ˈnäv-(ə-)ləst 
: a writer of novels
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