Novels became a popular medium of entertainment :
(i) The world created by novels were absorbing, 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 publicly.
(iv) The stories of novels were discussed in homes, meetings or even in offices.
(v) People empathized themselves with the novel's characters.
