Kwenikweni, buku la epistolary ndi buku lomwe nkhani yake imalankhulidwa kudzera mndandanda wa makalata. Benet wa Reader's Encyclopedia akufotokoza kuti mawonekedwewa anayamba kufalitsidwa ndi mabuku a m'ma 1800 Pamela ndi Clarissa Harlowe ndi Samuel Richardson. Mafotokozedwe ena a mawonekedwewo amatambasulira kuphatikizapo zolembedweretsa ndi zolemba zina.
Mu bukhu lopanda kufotokozedwa mwa munthu wachitatu , makalata amalola owerenga kumva mawu a anthuwo molimba kwambiri.
Amaperekanso chithunzi cha nthawi yomweyo komanso zowona. Mosiyana ndi ntchito za m'zaka za zana la 18, zolemba zamakono sizidalira kokha makalata kuti afotokoze nkhani.
Zitsanzo: Ngakhale AS Asat's Possession si buku lenileni la epistolary, nkhani zambiri zimafotokozedwa kudzera m'makalata.