How did novel become a popular medium of entertainment among the middle class in India?  Explain.

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How did the novels play a significant role in awareness about the India's glorious past?

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How did novels inspire the freedom fighters? Explain with two examples.

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In what ways did the character of the novel 'Indulekha' show that India and foreign 'lifestyles' could be brought together in an ideal combination?

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How did the characters like Indulekha and Madhavan inspire the contemporary generations to strike a balance between the western ideas and Indian traditional culture?

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How were the stories and prose not new to India? Give three examples.

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How was the involvement of women the most important event of the novel in the 18th century?

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How did novels explore and depict the world of women? Explain it by giving examples.

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With the help of an example, show how the early novels in Europe contributed to colonialism?

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How were the poor people, for a long time, excluded in the publishing market in eighteenth-century Europe?  Explain any two reasons.

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Why did the readership of novel begin to include poorer people? Give any three reasons.

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"For a long time the publishing market excluded the poor." Give reasons for such an exclusion.

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Explain the factors that led to women writing novels in Europe.

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Explain the contribution of Devaki Nandan Khatri in Hindi novels.

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Name the first Hindi modem novel which became a best seller.  Who was its writer? Why was it so popular?

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