Question

_____ said, "The novel is a picture of real life and manners, and of the time in which it was written."

Answer 1

Answer: Clara Reeve said, "The novel is a picture of real life and manners, and of the time in which it was written".

Explanation: Clara Reeve was an English writer born in 1729. Her most famous work is The Old English Baron, which was published in 1778 and is considered an early Gothic novel. However, the words quoted ("The novel is a picture of real life and manners, and of the time in which it was written") are part of her book The Progress of Romance (1785), which was described several times as an original and innovative piece of writing.

Answer 2

William Somerset Maugham was the one who said, "The novel is a picture of real life and manners, and of the time in which it was written".