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Romanetto (romaneto in Czech) is a literary genre typical for the Czech writer
Jakub Arbes
Jakub Arbes (12 June 1840, Prague (SmÃchov) – 8 April 1914) was a Czech writer and intellectual. He is best known as the creator of the literary genre called ''romanetto'' and spent much of his professional life in France.
Life and Politics ...
. The first one to name the genre was
Jan Neruda
Jan Nepomuk Neruda (Czech: ˆjan ˈnÉ›pomuk ˈnÉ›ruda 9 July 1834 – 22 August 1891) was a Czech journalist, writer, poet and art critic; one of the most prominent representatives of Czech Realism and a member of the "May School".
Early life
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, who used an italic diminutive system to change the word ''román'' - Czech for novel. Works in this genre are usually shorter than a novel and their stories include something seemingly paranormal, which is explained afterwards with the use of scientific facts. Although this genre came before, it resembles
science fiction
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The most famous romanetto by Arbes is called Svatý Xaverius (The Saint Xaverius). The story tells about searching for treasure by a picture of painter Xaver Balko.
Czech literature