Here, the developments of the plot are centered around their love and the jealous conflict that arises as a result of it. In the ancient text by Xenophon, Ephesian Tale, the entire story centers around the love story of Habrocomes and Manto. Likewise, love stories are often at the crux of ancient texts (which date to roughly between 0 CE and 500 CE). For example, Benjamin Constant’s Adolphe (1816) develops a deeply romantic relationship between the protagonist, Adolphe, and his lover, Ellénore. The age of the novel, the 19th century, was the period with the highest proportion of novels with at least some parts devoted to romance (90%). Over 40% of novels in each of these periods has focus placed on love letters. While no data was collected for the 1400-1600 periods, the subsequent four centuries, as well as the post-2000 period, were each comprised of heavily romantic epistolary examples. Epistolary novels, then, are used regularly as a forum for the establishment of love stories, not only in aggregate, but also across individual periods. Of the 92 novels analyzed for content, 51 of them (55%) included some aspect of love letter exchange. The most popular theme throughout epistolary novels over time is by far that of love letters. 1712 Cover of Love Letters between a Nobleman and His Sister by Aphra Behn
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