regény
Regény, in Hungarian usage, is the long fictional prose narrative known in English as the novel. A regény presents a structured plot, developed characters, and a created setting, usually in prose and divided into chapters. Its length allows for complex exploration of motives, social contexts, and moral questions, often across multiple settings and time periods.
The form emerged in Europe during the early modern period and was adopted and adapted in Hungarian
Pioneering Hungarian regény writers include Mór Jókai and Mikszáth Kálmán; later, Sándor Márai and Dezső Kosztolányi
In contemporary usage, the regény remains a flexible and evolving form, produced for traditional print audiences