Fictions are a genre of literature that usually presents human emotions, social reality, and humanity through fictional stories. The novel could be of any genre, including romance, science fiction, horror, history, biography, etc. It could also be long or short. Fictions were often used to explore topics such as love, friendship, power, responsibility, death, freedom, truth, and so on. The origin of novels can be traced back to ancient Greek and Roman narrative literature, such as Homer's Iliad and Odessey. The development of novels in China could be traced back to works such as Song of Everlasting Sorrow from the Tang Dynasty and Water Margins from the Song Dynasty. The development of modern novels began in the 18th century in Europe during the Enlightenment, such as Daniel Defoe's Crusoe and Jane Austen's Pride and Predict. Modern novels have become one of the main forms of literature and are widely welcomed and studied around the world. Some famous modern novelists included Hugo, Dickens, Maupassant, Tolstoy, Maugham, Ernest, Faulkner, Calvino, Margaret Atwood, and so on.