The answer is D: Novels cannot typically be read in one sitting.
A novel is a work of fiction of a relatively long extension (usually making it impossible to read it in one sitting alone), normally written in prose and commonly having the formal structure of any work of fiction, that is, a setting, a plot, and a conclusion.
It is a genre that, some would claim, has its roots in ancient Greece, going as far back as Homer´s great epics, <em>The Iliad </em>and <em>The Odyssey, </em>although some would, in a more orthodox vein, find its first exemplary figure in the <em>Tale of Genji, </em>written in 1010, by the Japanese author, Shikibu. Since its inception, it is a genre that has not ceased shifting its frontiers and structure, making it one of the most versatile of literary genres.
