The word novel means something new and interesting. A novel deals with plot , characters , and dialogue.
Some of the famous English Novelists and their novels:

1. Thomas Nashe – The Unfortunate Traveller
2. Cervantes – Done Quixote
3. Jane Austen – Pride and Prejudice.
4.Thomas Hardy – Tess of the d’ Urbervilles
5.Charles Dickens- Oliver Twist, David Copperfield.