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GATE 2023 XH2 (English) – Question 59

Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Literary Genres and Subgenres: History, evolution and importance of categorisation · 2 marks · Multiple select

Which of the following works may be described as novels in verse?

  1. Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  2. The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth
  3. Pamela by Samuel Richardson
  4. Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot

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Correct answer: (A) Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning; (B) The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth

Explanation

Aurora Leigh and Seth's The Golden Gate are novels told in verse. Pamela is a prose novel and Eliot's Old Possum is a book of light poems.