Chaereas and Callirhoe is the first European novel. Well, if we wish to be technical it is really a romance. It is our oldest example of a Greek romance novel. Another accurate description would be to call it a melodrama with comical overtones that reads like the Ancient equivalent of a Soap Opera.
The handsome Chaereas and beautiful Callirhoe, noble citizens from [...]
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Booklist 2009 # 17: Chaereas and Callirhoe by Chariton (trans. B. P. Reardon)
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