Ukukhuluma ngokuqinile, inoveli ye-epistolary iyinveli elandelwayo ngokusebenzisa uchungechunge lwezinhlamvu. I-Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia ichaza ukuthi leli fomu laqala ukuphakanyiswa yiziveli zangekhulu le-18 uPelly noClarissa Harlowe nguSamuel Richardson. Ezinye izincazelo zefomu zelulele ukufaka okufakiwe kwidayari kanye neminye imibhalo.
In noveli ngenye indlela etshelwe kumuntu wesithathu , izincwadi zivumela umfundi ukuba azwe amazwi abalingiswa ngokusondelana kakhulu.
Futhi banikeza umbono we-immediacy nobuqiniso. Ngokungafani nemisebenzi yekhulu le-18, amanoveli asesikhathini esivamile ayeseke athembele kuphela ezincwadini zokutshela indaba.
Izibonelo: Nakuba i-AS Byatt's Possession ayiyona inkaba yonke epistolary, indaba enkulu yatshelwa ngezinhlamvu.