There were several reasons for the popularity of Novels in 18th century Europe:
● Novels created a world that was believable and seemed real.
● It absorbed the minds of people, by transporting the reader to another person’s world so as to experience the life of the character in the novel.
● Novels gave individuals the pleasure of reading in private, as well as the joy of publicly reading or discussing stories with friends or relatives.
● Novels narrated sorties about ordinary people. It did not focus on the lives of great people or actions that change the destinies of states and empires. Rather they were about the everyday life of common people.
● Novels created among readers a feeling of connection with the fate of rural communities.
