Parallel novel

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A parallel novel is a subset of metafiction. Parallel novels exist within or derive from the framework of another work of fiction and so refer to it in a meta-fashion, but they are distinct in that they always refer to a previous work, typically by another author. They usually have the same setting and time period, and many of the same characters, but are told from a different perspective.

Examples include:

Although neither work is a novel, another example of parallel literature is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard, which parallels Hamlet by William Shakespeare.