Novels

The novel is the most popular literary form. Novels are more popular than poems and plays,because novels are more readable. People read novels mainly because a novel usually contains a good story. Most people think that a novel must contain story. It is the story-interest that attracts readers to novels. Another reason for the popularity of novels is that novels are usually written in simple style. Anyone who has learnt to read can read a novel. No special skill is required for reading a novel. That is why many people read novels to while away their time.


A novel resembles life. When a person reads a novel, he feels that the characters are living of persons. He feels that they are his friends and neighbors. When he had finished reading the novel,he asks himself whether the characters have acted justly or not. He asks himself whether he would do the same thing under similar circumstances. Thus the reader is forced to review his own moral poposition. When a person reads a large number of novels in this manner, it gives him an insight into human nature.

The only disadvantage of reading novels is that a novel-reader may become absorbed in novels and neglect his duties. One should therefore in novels without neglecting one's duties. There is no other disadvantage if one reads only good novels.

The disadvantages are greater if one reads cheap novels. The life depicted in cheap novels is of a low kind, and it is likely to have a bad influence on the readers.