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Is て sometimes dropped in Japanese Novella?

I'm asking as I recall being told (in one of my previous question's comment
section) that て is sometimes dropped in Japanese novels. And yet, when I went
to double check this information by searching the individual comment section
of all my previously asked questions, I couldn't find the above claim.
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て-form renyōkei
Removal of て in Japanese novels
"Dropped" is not such an accurate word here as the 「て」 is optional in the
first place.

The te-form seems to enjoy a rockstar treatment in the world of Japanese-as-a-
foreign-language. Learners love to talk about it, but what many rarely mention
(or know about) is its informality. This is one of the things that took me by
surprise when I started mingling with Japanese-learners back in college.

The 連用形{れんようけい} ("continuative form") of a verb or adjective already contains
within the meaning of the 「て」 without using the 「て」.

The point I am trying to make is that **the te-form is more informal than the
連用形**. The te-form is heavily used in our informal, day-to-day conversations
because it fits there. The general tendency, however, is that **the more
formal the speech, the less often the te-form is used**. In novels, therefore,
the te-form is used far more often in the quotes than in the prose.

A couple of examples:

> 「あき子はカーテンを **開{あ}け** 、『夜の東京タワー、きれいね。』とつぶやいた。」 vs.
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> 「あき子はカーテンを **開けて** 、『夜の東京タワー、きれいね。』とつぶやいた。」

「つぶやく」 = "to murmur". The chances are that you will encounter the first
sentence in a novel.

> 「とも子の瞳{ひとみ}は **大きく、黒く** 、どこを見ているのか分{わ}からなかった。」 vs.
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> 「とも子の瞳は **大きくて、黒くて** 、どこを見ているのか分からなかった。」

The second sentence sounds like what you would hear in a casual chat. You
would not find it in a novel, at least not in the prose part.
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