36-610: The Princess Diaries is a series of epistolary young adult novels written by Meg Cabot , and is also the title of the first volume , published in 2000. The series spent 48 weeks on the New York Times Children's Series Best Sellers List. The series revolves around Amelia 'Mia' Thermopolis, a teenager in New York City who discovers that she is the princess of a small European principality called Genovia. The series follows Mia's life throughout high school in
72-502: A Roman nose has been characterized as a marker of beauty and nobility. A well-known example of the aquiline nose as a marker contrasting the bearer with their contemporaries is the protagonist of Aphra Behn 's Oroonoko (1688). Although an African prince, he speaks French, has straightened hair, thin lips, and a "nose that was rising and Roman instead of African and flat". These features set him apart from most of his peers, and marked him instead as noble and on par with Europeans. In
108-401: A convent correspond over a 17-year period, exchanging letters describing their lives. Mary Shelley employs the epistolary form in her novel Frankenstein (1818). Shelley uses the letters as one of a variety of framing devices, as the story is presented through the letters of a sea captain and scientific explorer attempting to reach the north pole who encounters Victor Frankenstein and records
144-542: A genre became popular in the 18th century in the works of such authors as Samuel Richardson , with his immensely successful novels Pamela (1740) and Clarissa (1749). John Cleland 's early erotic novel Fanny Hill (1748) is written as a series of letters from the titular character to an unnamed recipient. In France, there was Lettres persanes (1721) by Montesquieu , followed by Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse (1761) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau , and Choderlos de Laclos ' Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782), which used
180-454: A large number of inserted letters already dominated the narrative. Other well-known examples of early epistolary novels are closely related to the tradition of letter-books and miscellanies of letters. Within the successive editions of Edmé Boursault 's Letters of Respect, Gratitude and Love ( Lettres de respect, d'obligation et d'amour ) (1669), a group of letters written to a girl named Babet were expanded and became more and more distinct from
216-685: A pen and scribbling her diary entries under the most dramatic and unlikely of circumstances. Oliver Goldsmith used the form to satirical effect in The Citizen of the World , subtitled "Letters from a Chinese Philosopher Residing in London to his Friends in the East" (1760–61). So did the diarist Fanny Burney in a successful comic first novel, Evelina (1788). The epistolary novel slowly became less popular after 18th century. Although Jane Austen tried
252-484: A polyphonic one. The epistolary novel form has continued to be used after the eighteenth century. Aquiline nose An aquiline nose (also called a Roman nose ) is a human nose with a prominent bridge , giving it the appearance of being curved or slightly bent. The word aquiline comes from the Latin word aquilinus ("eagle-like"), an allusion to the curved beak of an eagle . While some have ascribed
288-704: A real detective for whom Doyle only acted as a literary agent . Epistolary novels can be categorized based on the number of people whose letters are included. This gives three types of epistolary novels: monophonic (giving the letters of only one character, like Letters of a Portuguese Nun and The Sorrows of Young Werther ), dialogic (giving the letters of two characters, like Mme Marie Jeanne Riccoboni 's Letters of Fanni Butler (1757), and polyphonic (with three or more letter-writing characters, such as in Bram Stoker's Dracula ). A crucial element in polyphonic epistolary novels like Clarissa and Dangerous Liaisons
324-420: A severe case of OCD that causes him to lick his own fur off. She smokes often and enjoys drinking sidecars . She is not above lying or manipulating others in order to get her own way. Mia's best friend since kindergarten, Lilly is a highly intelligent and opinionated person who has her own public-access television show, titled Lilly Tells It Like It Is , in which she discusses political and social issues. By
360-545: A tendency to over-analyze things and worry too much. In the 2001 film, The Princess Diaries , Mia (portrayed by Anne Hathaway ) is aged 15, unlicensed, and owns a 1965 Mustang. She has similar qualities, but her father dies two months prior to when the movie begins, and her last name is Renaldi instead of Renaldo. She lives in San Francisco instead of New York. Clarisse Maria was formally known as Clarisse Marie Grimaldi Renaldo, Dowager Princess of Genovia. Clarisse
396-920: Is called "Shut Up and Listen". She is then a student at Berkeley in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement . Mia appoints Lilly as her royal secretary. Lilly's older brother, and Mia's main love interest throughout the series. Michael is tall and has brown eyes and thick, dark hair. Mia insists that he is the third best-looking guy at AEHS after Josh Richter and Justin Baxendale and describes his nose as aquiline , mouth as "eminently kissable", and neck as aromatic due to an intoxicating blend of Tide from his shirt collar, his Gillette shaving foam, and Ivory soap . Though he often clashes with his younger sister, Michael and Lilly are in fact close siblings and friends. He used to run his own webzine , Crackhead, but had to disband it after an editorial stating
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#1732772877328432-577: Is derived from Latin from the Greek word epistolē ( ἐπιστολή ), meaning a letter (see epistle ) . This type of fiction is also sometimes known by the German term Briefroman or more generally as epistolary fiction . The epistolary form can be seen as adding greater realism to a story, due to the text existing diegetically within the lives of the characters. It is in particular able to demonstrate differing points of view without recourse to
468-542: Is heir to the throne of the European kingdom, Genovia. In 2001 and 2004 respectively, two films based on the novels were produced by Walt Disney Pictures , The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement starring Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews respectively as Mia Thermopolis and Clarisse Renaldi. Cabot has thanked the films many times in interviews and on her website because she believes that they helped boost her book sales, as well as making her
504-403: Is often extended to cover novels that intersperse documents of other kinds with the letters, most commonly diary entries and newspaper clippings, and sometimes considered to include novels composed of documents even if they do not include letters at all. More recently, epistolaries may include electronic documents such as recordings and radio, blog posts, and e-mails . The word epistolary
540-412: Is the dowager princess of Genovia and Mia's paternal grandmother. Mia refers to her as "Grand-mère" (French for "Grandmother"). As a young woman, she married Prince Rupert Renaldi and had two sons. She speaks French most of the time, but she can also speak English; however, she disdains English as a vulgar language. She is almost always accompanied by her miniature poodle, Rommel, who is notable for having
576-441: Is the dramatic device of 'discrepant awareness': the simultaneous but separate correspondences of the heroines and the villains creating dramatic tension. They can also be classified according to their type and quantity of use of non-letter documents, though this has obvious correlations with the number of voices – for example, newspaper clippings are unlikely to feature heavily in a monophonic epistolary and considerably more likely in
612-434: The 2000s and juggling regular teenage life with being a royal princess. The books are noted for containing many pop culture references from the 2000s that influence some of the plot. Meg Cabot quotes the series' inspiration on her website stating: "I was inspired to write The Princess Diaries when my mom, after the death of my father, began dating one of my teachers; they later went on to get married just as Mia's mom does in
648-484: The 21st century. The novel shows the genre's results of changing perspectives: individual points were presented by the individual characters, and the central voice of the author and moral evaluation disappeared (at least in the first volume; further volumes introduced a narrator). The author furthermore explored a realm of intrigue with complex scenarios such as letters that fall into the wrong hands, faked letters, or letters withheld by protagonists. The epistolary novel as
684-967: The Notebooks of a Middle School Princess , released in May 2015. The latest book in The Princess Diaries series, titled The Quarantine Princess Diaries , was published in March 2023. Princess Clarisse Renaldi (princess dowager) The series is set primarily in the Manhattan borough of New York City . Some books take place in Genovia, a fictional European country. Genovia is a principality between France and Italy ruled by Mia's father, Prince Philippe Renaldi, and by Mia's grandmother, Dowager Princess Clarisse Renaldi. Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo (Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi in
720-495: The aquiline nose to specific ethnic, racial, or geographic groups, and in some cases associated it with other supposed non-physical characteristics (i.e. intelligence, status, personality, etc., see below ), no scientific studies or evidence support any such linkage. As with many phenotypical expressions (e.g. ' widow's peak ', eye color, earwax type) it is found in many geographically diverse populations. In racist discourse , especially that of post- Enlightenment Western writers,
756-513: The book! I have always had a 'thing' for princesses (my parents used to joke that when I was smaller, I did a lot of insisting that my 'real' parents, the king and queen, were going to come get me soon, and that everyone had better start being a lot nicer to me) so I stuck a princess in the book just for kicks... and voilà ! The Princess Diaries was born." In 2015, a spin-off series for tweens launched. Mia's half-sister Olivia made her debut in From
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#1732772877328792-599: The context of scientific racism , writers have attributed aquiline noses as a characteristic of different "races" ; e.g.: according to Jan Czekanowski , it is most frequently found amongst members of the Arabid race and Armenoid race . It was also often seen as a characteristic of the Mediterranean race and Dinarid race . In 1899, William Z. Ripley argued that it is characteristic of peoples of Teutonic descent. The supposed science of physiognomy , popular during
828-406: The device of an omniscient narrator . An important strategic device in the epistolary novel for creating the impression of authenticity of the letters is the fictional editor. There are two theories on the genesis of the epistolary novel: The first claims that the genre is originated from novels with inserted letters, in which the portion containing the third-person narrative in between the letters
864-429: The dying man's narrative and confessions. Published in 1848, Anne Brontë 's novel The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is framed as a retrospective letter from one of the main heroes to his friend and brother-in-law with the diary of the eponymous tenant inside it. In the late 19th century, Bram Stoker released one of the most widely recognized and successful novels in the epistolary form to date, Dracula . Printed in 1897,
900-465: The end of the series, her TV show is picked up by a network and is apparently very popular in South Korea. Lilly is not considered to be very pretty; Mia often describes her face as being "squashed in like a pug's". However, she has a well-developed figure. In the 2001 Disney Movie, Lilly, portrayed by Heather Matarazzo , is portrayed as intelligent, confident, and socially conscious. Her talk show
936-404: The epistolary form to great dramatic effect, because the sequence of events was not always related directly or explicitly. In Germany, there was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 's The Sorrows of Young Werther ( Die Leiden des jungen Werther ) (1774) and Friedrich Hölderlin 's Hyperion . The first Canadian novel, The History of Emily Montague (1769) by Frances Brooke , and twenty years later
972-614: The epistolary in juvenile writings and her novella Lady Susan (1794), she abandoned this structure for her later work. It is thought that her lost novel First Impressions , which was redrafted to become Pride and Prejudice , may have been epistolary: Pride and Prejudice contains an unusual number of letters quoted in full and some play a critical role in the plot. The epistolary form nonetheless saw continued use, surviving in exceptions or in fragments in nineteenth-century novels. In Honoré de Balzac 's novel Letters of Two Brides , two women who became friends during their education at
1008-526: The epistolary novel in English is said by many to be James Howell (1594–1666) with "Familiar Letters" (1645–50), who writes of prison, foreign adventure, and the love of women. Perhaps first work to fully utilize the potential of an epistolary novel was Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister . This work was published anonymously in three volumes (1684, 1685, and 1687), and has been attributed to Aphra Behn though its authorship remains disputed in
1044-409: The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy (1789) by William Hill Brown , were both written in epistolary form. Starting in the 18th century, the epistolary form was subject to much ridicule, resulting in a number of savage burlesques . The most notable example of these was Henry Fielding 's Shamela (1741), written as a parody of Pamela . In it, the female narrator can be found wielding
1080-439: The merits of Linux over Windows, which caused a loss of advertisers and funds. Shortly after this, Michael starts a band called Skinner Box (a name suggested by Mia) with a few friends, including Boris Pelkowski. A student at AEHS, Tina is the daughter of a Saudi Arabian oil sheik and a British former supermodel . Because of her father's status, she has to have the protection of a bodyguard , Wahim, which isolates her from
1116-589: The movies), Princess of Genovia is the protagonist of the series. She is the daughter of Helen Thermopolis, a painter, and Philippe Renaldo, the crown prince of Genovia. Mia is also the Princess Regent of Genovia. Mia is sometimes shy and has a down-to-earth personality, though on occasion Mia shows herself to be quite sarcastic and sly. Throughout the series, she is very critical of herself, describing herself as flat-chested, taller than most girls at 5-foot-9, and having embarrassingly large feet. She also has
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1152-469: The novel is compiled entirely of letters, diary entries, newspaper clippings, telegrams, doctor's notes, ship's logs, and the like. The biographic stylings of the Sherlock Holmes adventures by Arthur Conan Doyle have lead to the tradition of a " Sherlockian game " among the Sherlock Holmes fandom , where fans discuss the supposed writings of Dr. Watson as though they were a genuine account of
1188-447: The other letters, until it formed a small epistolary novel entitled Letters to Babet ( Lettres à Babet ). The immensely famous Letters of a Portuguese Nun ( Lettres portugaises ) (1669) generally attributed to Gabriel-Joseph de La Vergne, comte de Guilleragues , though a small minority still regard Marianna Alcoforado as the author, is claimed to be intended to be part of a miscellany of Guilleragues prose and poetry. The founder of
1224-430: The other students until Mia sits with her after a fight with Lilly in the first novel. Illustrated by Chelsey McLaren: Related book The Princess Diaries film series consists of comedy films based on the book series of the same name by Meg Cabot . Starring Anne Hathaway in the title role, with an ensemble supporting cast, the films follows Mia Thermopolis, a 15 year old ordinary American teenager who discovers she
1260-465: The success that she is today. The first season of the Netflix adult animated comedy series Q-Force features Stephanie Beatriz as Mira Popadopolous , based on Mia Thermopolis, whose backstory adapts the events of The Princess Diaries . Epistolary novel An epistolary novel is a novel written as a series of letters between the fictional characters of a narrative. The term
1296-460: Was gradually reduced. The other theory claims that the epistolary novel arose from miscellanies of letters and poetry: some of the letters were tied together into a (mostly amorous) plot. There is evidence to support both claims. The first truly epistolary novel, the Spanish "Prison of Love" ( Cárcel de amor ) ( c. 1485 ) by Diego de San Pedro , belongs to a tradition of novels in which
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