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Highlight any five reasons for the popularity of novels in 18th century?

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Answered by Golda
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Reasons for popularity of novels in 18th century were as follows.
1) Once the print culture emerged, novel were widely read and became very popular. The words created by novels were absorbing and convincing, that readers could identify easily with.
2) While reading a novel,the reader was transported to another person's world and began to look at life as it was experienced by the character of the novel.
3) Besides novels allowed the pleasure of reading in private as well as the joy of publicly discussing or reading stories with friends and relatives.
4) In rural areas people could gather to hear one of them reading a novel aloud.
5) Novels written in vernacular or spoken language of the people were particularly popular because these were closer to the heart of the reader.
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