Which work is an example of Historical Fiction?

• A. Rob Roy
• B. Frankenstein
• C. Crime and Punishment
• D. East Lynne

Answer: (A)

Historical fiction places fictional characters in real historical settings, using actual events or figures as the backdrop. Rob Roy fits this pattern because it is set in Scotland during the early 1700s and involves the real figure Rob Roy MacGregor, with authentic details of the period guiding the story. The narrative relies on the history of that era—the Jacobite rising, social structures, and everyday life—to shape the plot around fictional elements.

Frankenstein centers on themes of creation and human consequence and, while it incorporates historical flavor, it isn’t built around reconstructing a specific past world as historical fiction typically does.

Crime and Punishment presents life in 19th-century Russia as its contemporary setting, focusing on psychology and moral questions rather than vividly recreating a past era as a historical backdrop.

East Lynne is a Victorian melodrama reflecting its own time and concerns, not a novel that reconstructs an earlier historical period.

So the work that best represents Historical Fiction here is Rob Roy.