Epistolary novel in C.F. Gellert`s works (based on the novel "Life of Swedish countess von G**)

C.F. Gellert`s novel "Life of Swedish Countess von G**" is devoted to the main themes of the sentimental novel - love, relationships between a man and a woman before and in marriage, society's assessment of these relationships, and respectively, acceptance and rejection of the assessment by the main characters, children`s upbringing and education. The epistolary style emphasizes the plausibility of the events in the novel and its authenticity and allows to reveal fully the inner world of the personality. C.F. Gellert`s novel was one of the first German sentimental novels focused on human virtues.