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The phrase "as the novel develops" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate the progression or unfolding of events, themes, or character development within a narrative.
Example: "As the novel develops, the protagonist's motivations become clearer and more complex."
Alternatives: "as the story unfolds" or "as the plot progresses".
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At first a shadowy, unsympathetic figure, she becomes fully realised as the novel develops.
As the novel develops it also becomes clear that the title describes the entire landscape of 19th-century life.
As the novel develops, Adam comes to exaggerate his weakness with Spanish in order to avoid revealing himself.
As the novel develops, O'Nan makes sure that we share this sense of disorientation – feeling, with Scott, the ground giving way beneath our feet.
Of the children, the elder two – restless Sonya and laconic Pasha, whose English is inflected with a Scottish accent courtesy of Gerty's predecessor – are only slightly younger than Gerty and will play a significant role as the novel develops.
As the novel develops, Blaylock's self-destructive and barely suppressed rage becomes the engine of the narrative, giving rise to violent disagreements and acts of have-a-go heroism, mirrored externally in the perpetual suggestion that, to borrow Paul Mason's terminology, it's all kicking off, everywhere.
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As the novel developed, he says, he realised what he really wanted to write about were the no-go areas of his life; issues he had been avoiding for the past 25 years.
The novel developed as a bourgeois form, fuelled by the 19th-century's ambitious new stratum rising from the working classes, (and has carried on being a form that working class writers in this country use as the means to get out of the working class).
As the psychological novel developed in the 20th century, some writers attempted to capture the total flow of their characters' consciousness, rather than limit themselves to rational thoughts.
As the modern novel developed, explanations like those of the Fieldings became less necessary.
The book itself is the story of Carrie White, a high-school student with latent – and then, as the novel progresses, developing – telekinetic powers.
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