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Caleb Williams
by William Godwin
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Caleb Williams: Style 1 key example

Key Examples in Caleb Williams

Volume 1, Chapter 1
Explanation and Analysis:

As a fictional companion to Godwin's political treatise Political Justice, the novel is written in a style that emphasizes "showing" over "telling" so that readers can see the argument in action. Caleb's misadventures exemplify and add emotional stakes to the problems with monarchy and conservatism that Godwin laid out more explicitly in the treatise.