Question

Where in Europe did novels first take root and which group formed the new readership for novels?

Answer 1

In New groups of lower-middle-class people such as shopkeepers and clerks, along with the traditional aristocratic and gentlemanly classes in England  new readership formed for novel

Answer 2

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The novel first took firm root in England and France.

New groups of lower-middle class people such as shopkeepers and clerks along with the traditional aristocratic and gentlemanly classes in England and France formed the new readership for novels.

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