What kind of novels were written for the younger generations?
Answer:
- Most of the novels for the young were full of adventure and love stories.
- Books like R.L. Stevenson’s Treasure Island and Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book became great hits.
- G.A. Henty’s historical adventure novels for boys were also popular during the height of the British empire.
- Love stories written for adolescent girls also became popular in this period.
- In US Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson and a series called, What Katy did by Sarah Woolsey, who wrote under the pen name Susan Coolidge also were very popular.