Answer:
(i) Some of the earliest
Indian novels were written in Bengali and Marathi.
(ii) The
earliest novel in Marathi was Baba Padmanji's 'Yamuna Paryatan', which used a
simple style of story telling to speak about the plight of widows.
(iii) This
was followed by Lakshman Moreshwar Halbe's 'Muktamala'. This was not a
realistic novel; it presented an imaginary 'romance' narrative with a moral
purpose.
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