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Walpole then, by attempting to blend these two genres, creates something new — something truly " novel ".
He creates fantastic situations ( helmets falling from the sky, walking portraits, etc.
) and places supposedly real people into these situations and allows them to act in a " real " manner.
In doing so, he effectively allows fiction to evolve in ways that it would otherwise have not been able to.
However, readers then may question to what extent did Walpole succeed in his attempt.
Do readers view these characters ' reactions as truly realistic, or do they merely seem so because of the heuristic that we are given at the outset of the novel?
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