The novel as we know it first appeared in the eighteenth century.
a. true
b. false

The sentence is true

The novel is a literary work in which a feigned action is narrated in whole or in part and whose purpose is to cause aesthetic pleasure to readers with the description or painting of interesting events or sets as well as characters, passions and customs, which in many cases serve as inputs for one's own reflection or introspection. The novel is the latest of all literary genres. Although it has precedents in the Ancient Age, it did not manage to be implanted until the Middle Ages.