0_Apprentice
I enjoy a good novel. I read 3 books a week.
1_Wizard
That's a ton of reading, wow! I majored in English in college, so I really like reading too. 
0_Apprentice
It is very relaxing to me
1_Wizard
Well, you are not alone. Novels have been around since the early 18th century, according to Ian Watt, who is an expert I learned about in school.
0_Apprentice
That is interesting. I wonder how they were started?
1_Wizard
Well apparently they started in classical Greece and Rome, a good 2000 years ago.  
0_Apprentice
how were the first ones written or what about?