Chariton's "Callirhoe" is an ancient Greek novel, considered one of the earliest examples of the genre, detailing the romantic adventures of its heroine. It is significant for its influence on the development of the novel and its portrayal of love and fate.
Sources for Chariton — Callirhoe
Chariton — Callirhoe in First Novels
Held in the First Novels chamber of the Babel Nexus Index.
- Murasaki Shikibu — The Tale of Genji (1010)
- Petronius — Satyricon (65)
- Apuleius — The Golden Ass (Metamorphoses) (170)
- Bāṇabhaṭṭa — Kadambari (625)
- Miguel de Cervantes — Don Quixote (1605)
- Thomas Malory — Le Morte d'Arthur (1485)
- William Baldwin — Beware the Cat (1553)
- Aphra Behn — Oroonoko (1688)
- Daniel Defoe — Robinson Crusoe (1719)
- Jonathan Swift — Gulliver’s Travels (1726)
- Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Malik Ibn Tufayl — The Improvement of Human Reason (Hayy Ibn Yaqdhan) (1160)
- Wu Cheng'en — Journey to the West (1592)