▁J ós ika , ▁M ór ▁Jó ka i , ▁Jakob ▁van ▁L enne p , ▁Dem et ri us ▁B ikel os , ▁En rique ▁Gil ▁y ▁Car ras co , ▁Carl ▁Jon as ▁Love ▁Al mq v ist , ▁Victor ▁R yd berg , ▁Andreas ▁M unch , ▁Aless andro ▁Man z oni , ▁Alfred ▁de ▁V igny , ▁Honor é ▁de ▁Bal z ac ▁or ▁Pro s per ▁M ér im ée . ▁Jane ▁Por ter ' s ▁ 1 8 0 3 ▁novel ▁Th ad de us ▁of ▁Wars aw ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁examples ▁of ▁the ▁historical ▁novel ▁in ▁English ▁and ▁went ▁through ▁at ▁least ▁ 8 4 ▁ed itions . ▁including ▁translation ▁into ▁French ▁and ▁German , ▁The ▁first ▁true ▁historical ▁novel ▁in ▁English ▁was ▁in ▁fact ▁Maria ▁Ed gew orth ' s ▁Castle ▁R ack rent ▁( 1 8 0 0 ). ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁Gy ör gy ▁L uk á cs ▁argued ▁that ▁Scott ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁fiction ▁writer ▁who ▁saw ▁history ▁not ▁just ▁as ▁a ▁convenient ▁frame ▁in ▁which ▁to ▁stage ▁a ▁contemporary ▁narr ative , ▁but ▁rather ▁as ▁a ▁distinct ▁social ▁and ▁cultural ▁setting . ▁Scott ' s ▁Scottish ▁nov els ▁such ▁as ▁W aver ley ▁( 1 8 1 4 ) ▁and ▁Rob ▁Roy ▁( 1 8 1 7 ) ▁focused ▁upon ▁a ▁m idd ling ▁character ▁who ▁s its ▁at ▁the ▁intersection ▁of ▁various ▁social ▁groups ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁explore ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁society ▁through