In many novels, there is a contrast between the technology-rich egalitarian democratic socialism of Beta Colony and the heroic, militaristic, hierarchical society of Barrayar, where personal relationships must ensure societal continuity.

In discussions featuring Isabella, the Thorpe sisters, Eleanor, and Henry, and by Catherine perusing the library of the General, and her mother's books on instructions on behaviours, the reader gains further insights into Austen's various perspectives on novels in contrast with other popular literature of the time ( especially the Gothic novel ).

It generally references life or consensus reality, in contrast to an environment seen as fiction or fantasy, such as virtual reality, lifelike experience, dreams, novels, or movies.

* Thomas Pynchon's three novels Gravity's Rainbow, Mason & Dixon and Against the Day are historical, and they variously contrast outrageous personal, subjective, hallucinogenic or even supernatural events with very real, well-researched accuracies from the past.

Just as the contrast between Europe and America was a predominant theme in James's early novels, many of his first tales also explored the clash between the Old World and the New.

In contrast, Bunter ( Wimsey's valet ) plays a smaller role in this than in other Wimsey novels.

The two men are very different: Milo is from a working-class background, the son of an Italian immigrant, and has become wealthy through ownership of a fashionable London hairdressing salon ; Andrew, by contrast, is from an upper-class background, and has become wealthy as a successful writer of popular, though now old-fashioned, crime fiction novels, which feature an aristocratic amateur detective, St. John Lord Merridew, and is obsessed with playing games.

This was in contrast to the superhuman events of chivalric novels such as the classic from the previous century, Amadís de Gaula.

In the preface, de Calzada also warns the reader of the questionable quality of the text, as good British texts were only written by " Fyelding " and Richardson, the two authors with international fame ( in contrast to the often mechanical " romances " produced by various names for shops like Edmund Curll's or the satirical romances appearing under one-off pseudonyms that were not, first and foremost, novels ).

In contrast, a modernist movement began by translating Western modernist works — primarily novels — into Arabic.

In contrast to the broad, sweeping perspectives seen in many 19th-century novels, third-person subjective is sometimes called the " over the shoulder " perspective ; the narrator only describes events perceived and information known by a character.

In contrast to the relative difficulty of Sarraute's novels, her memoir Childhood is considered an easier read.

His other major SF novels also contained bisexual characters: in his mosaic novel 334, gay people are referred to as " republicans " in contrast to the straight " democrats ".

However, as, Tapio Helen points out, there is an enormous contrast between the experiences and life of Marut, an actor and bohemian in Munich and Traven's novels and short stories, characterized by their solid knowledge of Mexican and Indian cultures, seafaring themes, the problems of itinerant workers, political agitators and social activists of all descriptions, pervaded with Americanisms.

In contrast to Fate / stay night, Fate / Zero is a series of light novels instead of a visual novel, and is told in a third person narrative that follows the actions of multiple characters.

Most of his plays and novels, in contrast, are written in a modern style typical of the era in which he wrote, and the dialogue spoken by his characters seems particularly natural and unaffected.

By contrast, she published only two Poirot novels in the next eight years, indicating the possibility that she was experiencing some frustration with her most popular character.

According to the Halo novels, Cortana is classified as " smart ", meaning that her creative matrix is allowed to expand, in contrast to the limited matrix of other " dumb " AI characters in the stories.

In 2006, in contrast to his many alternative history novels, Harry Turtledove published the historical novel Fort Pillow about the battle and the massacre.

His novels thus begin to be set in a specific time and place, confronting the protagonists with specific politics, issues, causes and events, in contrast with the timelessness of his earlier work.

He similarly formed the ambition of writing a sequence of ten novels inspired by Balzac ’ s Comédie humaine, in which he would depict characters from all strata of society rather than peasants, and compare and contrast different moments in history by depicting the experiences of members of the same family in times a hundred years apart.

: Under this label come such writers as, among others, Thomas Pynchon and Barth himself, whose bulky books are in marked contrast with Barthelmeʹs relatively thin novels and collections of short stories.

There ( in yet another contrast to the antiquity of previous novels ) someone informs us that ' Molusk ' has just circled the moon, probably a kind of metal-plated satellite.

The Robotech novels depict Dana as being very sad and somber, which is in sharp contrast to her happy, carefree and outgoing nature that is depicted in the television series.

In contrast, the director's cut of Scott's Kingdom of Heaven ( which was a commercial failure in its 2005 theatrical release ) is the true version of the film Scott wanted, nearly an hour longer and has been met with more critical acclaim than the original version.

From his analysis, O ' Shea said Scott's motorcycle ’ s speed may have been as much as 65 mph ; this was in contrast to the Highway Patrol's estimate of 59.

Scott's streetwise, arrogant ways contrast with Jimmy and Mike's bumbling blue-collar lifestyle.

Macedonian, although mutually intelligible with Bulgarian, certain dialects of Serbian and to a lesser extent the rest of the South Slavic dialect continuum is considered by Bulgarian linguists to be a Bulgarian dialect, in contrast with the contemporary international view, and the view in the Republic of Macedonia which regards it as a language in its own right.

By contrast with hoplites, other contemporary infantry ( e. g. Persian ) tended to wear relatively light armour, use wicker shields, and were armed with shorter spears, javelins, and bows.

Justin may have preferred the designation " memoirs of the apostles " as a contrast to the " gospel " of his contemporary Marcion to emphasize the connections between the historical testimony of the gospels and the Old Testament prophecies which Marcion rejected.

By contrast the interior, with its contemporary wood panelling, is in the same, highly contemporary Elizabethan fashion of Leicester's building in the inner court.

So Mill's initial use of the term concerned natural abilities, in contrast to the common contemporary usage, which refers solely to market failure in a particular type of industry, such as rail, post or electricity.

In contrast, some contemporary Pagans believe that there are specific spirits which inhabit various features in the natural world, and that these can be actively communicated with.

Another feature of late 20th century opera is the emergence of contemporary historical operas, in contrast to the tradition of basing operas on more distant history, the re-telling of contemporary fictional stories or plays, or on myth or legend.

" He cites, by contrast, " testimony of contemporary writers, court records and much else " supporting Shakespeare's authorship.

In contrast, the back-formed verb to quisle (), has largely disappeared from contemporary usage.

Likewise, and in contrast to the contemporary German Westerns, few films feature Indians.

" The strip's humor style — quite contemporary, in contrast to its medieval setting — ranges from broad and low to pure black ", according to Don Markstein's Toonopedia.

In contrast, Thucydides claims to confine himself to factual reports of contemporary political and military events, based on unambiguous, first-hand, eye-witness accounts, although, unlike Herodotus, he does not reveal his sources.

In contrast to much theatre of the time, The Importance of Being Earnests light plot does not tackle serious social and political issues, something of which contemporary reviewers were wary.

This was in stark contrast to the contemporary views on chivalric warfare which were characterized by strength of arms and knightly combat.

In recent years however, the drive by the " ethnic elites " to promote aboriginal particularity has run in contrast to ordinary aborigines who wish to assimilate into contemporary social norms.

" Lane explained that in contrast to the busied, bohemian urban lives of the New York abstract expressionists, the rural desert environment Van Vliet was influenced by is a distinctly naturalistic one, making him a distinguished figure in contemporary art, whose work will survive in canon.

These programmes contrast with the simple good-versus-evil dualism of Star Wars, or the ' feel-good ' tone and unconnected episode structure of both early Star Trek and the series ' main contemporary Doctor Who.

This was in contrast to contemporary larger and more expensive computer systems such as DECnet or SNA, where a homogeneous group of similar or proprietary computers were connected as a cluster.

In contrast with contemporary poster makers he used pale pastel colors.

Irish castles proved less popular, partially because contemporary tourists regarded the country as being somewhat backward and the ruins therefore failed to provide the necessary romantic contrast with modern life.

This testament is in contrast to a funeral oration about Anna given by her contemporary, Georgios Tornikes.

Martin Kramer writes that in Islamic tradition, in striking contrast with the Christian concept of the eternal Jew, the contemporary Jews were not presented as archetypes — as the embodiment of Jews in all times and places.