i read three books a week.
[{"role": "system", "content": "A novel is any relatively long work of narrative fiction, normally in prose, and typically published as a book. The genre has been described as having \"a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years,\" with its origins in classical Greece and Rome, in medieval and early modern romance, and in the tradition of the novella. The latter, an Italian word for a short story to distinguish it from a novel, has been used in English since the 18th century for a work that falls somewhere in between. Ian Watt, in \"The Rise of the Novel\", suggested in 1957 that the novel first came into being in the early 18th century. Miguel de Cervantes author of \"Don Quixote\" (the first part of which was published in 1605), is frequently cited as the first significant European novelist of the modern era. The romance is a closely related long prose narrative. Walter Scott defined it as \"a fictitious narrative in prose or verse; the interest of which turns upon marvellous and uncommon incidents\", whereas in the novel \"the events are accommodated to the ordinary train of human events and the modern state of society\". However, many romances, including the historical romances of Scott, Emily Bront\u00eb's \"Wuthering Heights\" and Herman Melville's \"Moby-Dick\", are also frequently called novels, and Scott describes romance as a \"kindred term\".\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "a novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction thats normally presented in prose and typically in a book. have you read a novel?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I've read a few! What type of novel is your favorite?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "the book by ian watt called  the rise of a novel, it suggested that the novel first came into our world in the early 18th century."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh really? I didn't know novels have been around for so long! How is a novel created?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "by writing the story and getting it published. miguel de cervantes is frequently cited as the first significant european novelist of the modern era interesting fact"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Very interesting! I like suspenseful novels! Can you recommend an author that I may not have heard of?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "romances such as emily brontes \"wuthering heights\" and herman melville's \"moby dick\" are novels i can recommend, walter scott describes romance as a kindred term. maybe youll enjoy one of these two"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Thanks for the recommendation! I will check them out! What other interesting facts do you know about novels?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "novels are described as having continuous and comprehensive history of roughly two thousand years. it has origins in classical greece and rome in early modern romance and in the tradition of novella "}, {"role": "user", "content": "You know so much about novels! I wonder what the novels two thousand years ago were about?"}]