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The novel is a modern form of literature.

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(THE RISE OF NOVEL) Novel is born from print,a mechanical invention. We cannot think of the novel without the printed book.In ancient times,as you have seen,manuscripts were handwritten.These circulated among very few people.In contrast,because of being printed,novels were widely readvand became popular very quickly.At this time big cities like London were growing rapidly and becoming connected to small towns and rural areas through print and improved communications.Novels produced a number of common interests among their scattered and varied.The novel first took firm root in England and France.Novels began to be written from the seventeenth century,but they really flowered from eighteenth century.As readership grew and the market for books expanded,the earnings of authors increased.This freed them from financial dependence on the patronage of atistocrats ,and gave them independence to experiment with different literary styles.......