This study presents a survey of the development of fiction from realism to modernism and post modernism. It also, introduces the dramatic change of novels to be written in verse rather than in prose. This new form of narrative has roots in history. The verse novel of the late 20th century is inspired by the long poems of the past. The verse novels have different technique in writing away from the conventional style of the 19th century novels. This paper gives examples of Anthony Burgess's Byrne 1995. It is a verse novel about a defeated person who has high inspirations. The second example is Vikram Seth's The Golden Gate 1986. It describes the experiences of a group of friends living in California. It is a masterpiece verse novel written in sonnets.