Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The novel of manners is a sub-genre of the realist novel which deals with aspects of behaviour, language, customs and values characteristic of a particular class of people in a specific historical context. The novel of manners often shows a conflict between individual aspirations or desires and the accepted social codes of behaviour. There''s a vital relationship between manners, social behaviour and character. Well known examples of the novel of manners include: Jane Austen''s Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma; William Makepeace Thackeray''s Vanity Fair , Evelyn Waugh''s A Handful of Dust and Edith Wharton''s The Age of Innocence,The House of Mirth, F. Scott Fitzgerald''s The Great Gatsby.