書しょ簡かん体たい小しょう説せつ

noun

epistolary novel

A novel told through letters, diary entries, or other documents. A literary term used in academic or critical contexts.

• 『若わかきウェルテルの悩なやみ』は有ゆう名めいな書しょ簡かん体たい小しょう説せつだ。

  "The Sorrows of Young Werther" is a famous epistolary novel.