Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Novel
A novel, like a bundle of wood, the more fagots it contains the greater its value.
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton
A novel is typically as far removed from a play as a bird is from a fish … any attempt to transform one into the other is apt to result in a sort of flying-fish, a betwixt-and-between-thing.
—Bliss Perry
A novel is the world’s truth with a beautiful woman walking through it.
—David Swing