Answer:
There
were several reasons for its popularity:
The worlds
created by novels were absorbing and believable and seemingly real.
(ii)
While reading novels, the reader was transported to another person's world and
began looking at life as it was experienced by the characters of the novel.
(iii)
Novels allowed individuals the pleasure of reading in private, as well as the
joy of publicly reading or discussing stories with friends or relatives.
(iv) In
rural areas people would collect to hear one of them reading a novel aloud,
often becoming deeply involved in the lives of the characters.
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