Which of the following is not a common convention in a novel?
- the narrator speaks throughout.
- the story is told through dialog, imagery, narration, and action.
- the main conflict is almost always established in the first ten pages.
- the themes can unfold very slowly, with numerous detours into minor storylines.

The literature of nineteenth-century realism depicted everyday life in a realistic way. which statements show that leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich is a realist text? the description of human struggles in the form of ivan ilyich’s suffering the faithfulness of relationships that ivan ilyich experiences toward the end of his life the romantic tension that occurs between ivan ilyich and his wife the difference between superficial and authentic living the plot ending with a surprising turn of events