silver fork novel

== English == === Alternative forms === silver-fork novel === Etymology === Coined by English essayist and writer William Hazlitt in 1827. === Noun === silver fork novel (plural silver fork novels) A 19th-century genre of English literature that depicted the lives of the upper class and the aristocracy. Synonym: fashionable novel ==== See also ==== silver spoon === Further reading === fashionable novel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia