epistolary novel

noun

1. a novel written in the form of a series of letters.

Example Sentences

Barth also challenged literary conventions in his 1979 epistolary novel “Letters,” in which characters from his first six novels wrote to each other, and he inserted himself as a character as well.

From Seattle Times

Part of the problem is it’s an epistolary novel, a genre that’s effective because what characters hide is as revelatory as what they reveal.

From New York Times

Though the 1940 original featured some soon-to-be standards by Rodgers and Hart — “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” chief among them — its book by John O’Hara, based on his epistolary novel and New Yorker stories, didn’t match them in tone or dramatic serviceability.

From New York Times

An epistolary novel, told by Detective Inspector Alan Hope in affectionate letters home to his wife, it explores the mysterious murder of conductor Sir Noel Grampian, shot dead during a performance of Strauss’ “A Hero’s Life.”

From Seattle Times

This debut mystery from British author Hallett is a kick: a whodunit epistolary novel, in which a pair of young lawyers sort through a mountain of emails, messages and letters to try to sort out a mysterious death in an amateur theatrical troupe.

From Seattle Times