English novel John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress" (1678) and Aphra Behn's "Oroonoko" (1688) are also contenders, while earlier works such as Sir Thomas Malory's "Morte d'Arthur", and even the "Prologue" to Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" have been suggested. Another important early novel is "Gulliver's Travels" (1726, amended 1735), by Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, which is both a satire of human nature, as well as a parody of travellers' tales like "Robinson Crusoe". The rise of the novel as an important literary genre is generally associated with the growth of the middle class in England. Other major 18th-century English novelists are
The Chinese Novel at the Turn of the Century of a previously overlooked work or of a new approach to one better known". After the editor, Donald Holoch is the second largest contributor to the work. His essay, "A Novel of Setting: "The Bureaucrats"", concerns Li Baojia's (Li Boyuan) "Officialdom Unmasked", and his "The Travels of Laocan: Allegorical Narrative" concerns "The Travels of Lao Can" by Liu E (Liu O). Next is Gilbert Chu Fu Fong, "Time in "Nine Murders": Western Influence and Domestic Tradition" about "Jiuming Qiyuan" by Wu Jianren, followed by Michael Egan, "Characterization in "Sea of Woe"" concerning "Henhai" ("Sea of Woe"), also by Wu Jianren.