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[{"role": "system", "content": "Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past. Historical fiction can be an umbrella term; though commonly used as a synonym for describing the historical novel; the term can be applied to works in other narrative formats, such as those in the performing and visual arts like theatre, opera, cinema and television, as well as video games and graphic novels. An essential element of historical fiction is that it is set in the past and pays attention to the manners, social conditions and other details of the period depicted. Authors also frequently choose to explore notable historical figures in these settings, allowing readers to better understand how these individuals might have responded to their environments. Some subgenres such as alternate history and historical fantasy insert speculative or ahistorical elements into a novel. Works of historical fiction are sometimes criticized for lack of authenticity because of readerly or genre expectations for accurate period details. This tension between historical authenticity, or historicity, and fiction frequently becomes a point of comment for readers and popular critics, while scholarly criticism frequently goes beyond this commentary, investigating the genre for its other thematic and critical interests.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Have you ever read any historical fiction? They're books with settings that occurred in the past."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes- Two of my favorite books are historical fiction! Memoirs of a Geisha and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I haven't read \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" but I heard it had to do with a woman who wasn't very attractive and ended up being forced into prostitution."}, {"role": "user", "content": "No, it was about a girl who was beautiful, grew up very poor and ended up as a geisha. Geisha's aren't the same as prostitutes. Have you read any historical fiction? "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I used to read a lot of historical romance novels. But I found them to be inaccurate and inauthentic. I hear that's a common criticism of historical fiction"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yeah. I know that memoirs of a geisha has been criticized for being written from the point of view of a japanese woman but written by a white american man"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I think it's important to sometimes look beyond that and analyze and enjoy the themes and interests of the book."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I agree. Do you like history in general? "}]