Bildungsroman, including: A Wizard Of Earthsea, Candide, His Dark Materials, Northanger Abbey, Citizen Of The Galaxy, Emma, The Wasp Factory, David ... The Sorrows Of Young Werther, The Chrysalids

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More info: The bildungsroman is a genre of the novel which focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood. Change is thus extremely important. The genre is further characterized by a number of formal, topical and thematic features. The term coming-of-age novel is sometimes used interchangeably with bildungsroman, but its use is usually wider and less technical.