Realism was a literary movement between 1865-1900 that focused on depicting ordinary people and events realistically. It emerged as a reaction against Romanticism and emphasized truth and depictions of everyday life and society. Realist authors like Mark Twain, William Dean Howells, and Kate Chopin wrote about common people and contemporary social issues in a natural style. The development of photography also supported Realism by allowing very realistic depictions of reality.