Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, (written c. 1470, published 1485) William Baldwin, Beware the Cat, (written 1553, published 1570, 1584) John Lyly, Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578) and Euphues and his England (1580) Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke 's Arcadia (1581) Margaret Cavendish, The Blazing World (1666) John Bunyan, The Pilgrim 's Progress (1678) Aphra Behn, Oroonoko (1688) Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (1719) Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders (1722) Samuel Richardson, Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded (1740)
what is the first novel of english literature
Le Morte d'Arthur