Yes, the novels played a significant role in creating awareness about issues relating to women in society. Its implications can be studied by the following points:
a) In the 18th century the middle class became affluent so the women had more time to read and write novels.
b) Novels began to explore the world of women, their emotions, identity, experience and problems.
c) The domestic life became and important subject of novels.
d) Women wrote about their experience, family life and earned recognition from the public.
e) They also wrote about women who broke the traditional norms of the society before adjusting to them.
f) These kinds of stories allowed the women readers to be sympathetic towards their life.
g) For example, Jain Austen was a English novelist who wrote about the women in rural societies in the mid-19th century in Britain. She wrote about the dependence of women of marriage for economic security.
h) At that time, women encouraged to married a wealthy man.
i) Her famous novel, Pride and Prejudice depicts the man characters to be preoccupied with money and prosperity.
