| "The sale of books in general has increased prodigiously within the last twenty years. The poor sort of farmers and even the poor country people in general who before that period spent their winter evening in relating stories of ghosts, hobgoblin...now shorten the winter nights by hearing their sons and daughters read them tales, romances etc". |
| Read the above passage and answer the following questions: |
| (a) Give the reason for increased interest in books. |
| (b) How did the books bring change even in the life of farmers and common people? |
| (c) What kind of stories did they like to hear now? |
Answer:
(a) Increase in the sale of books in the last twenty years has resulted in increased interest in books.
(b) Access to books whether through reading or listening would create a reading culture and awareness and would provide information to people in general.
(c) The poor farmers and people who were earlier interested in stories of ghosts, witches and goblins now wanted to listen to, ballads and romances.
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