This Encyclopaedic Dictionary Is A Pioneering Attempt To Cover An In-Depth Study Of 222 Best Asian Novels And 289 Asian Novelists Of 46 Prominent Asian Literatures. For Including The Entries In This Encyclopeadia, Some Basic Principles Have Been Kept In Mind, I.E., Those Who Gave New Dimensions In Novel Writings. We Believe That None Of The Prominent Literary Personality And Literary Works Had Been Missing From This Work. This Monumental Work Is Compiled, Edited And Arranged In Alphabetical Order. The Task Which We Have Performed Here Is, No Doubt, Beset With Difficulties But We Shall Consider Our Labour Amply Rewarded If This Encyclopaedic Dictionary Is Found Useful By Scholars Interested In The History Of Asian Novel Writing.

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