Question

short note on reading mania

Answer 1

Literacy rates increased during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Churches all over Europe set up schools in villages, carrying literacy to peasants and artisans.
In the eighteenth century, literacy rates were as high as 60 to 80 per cent, in some parts of Europe.
As the literacy rate increased and schools spread, people wanted books to read and printers increased their production.

Answer 2

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Reading mania basically refers to sudden surge in reading of books by the people due to increase in literacy rate and due to increase in printed books.

A. With Print revolution, more and more books could be published and it could reach to larger audience.

B. Printing also reduced the price of the books thereby books became affordable.

C. As the literacy level increased more people were interested in reading and buying books.

D. Women, children and workers became an important reading public.

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