Answer:
The new forms of popular literature were
(i) Almanacs, ritual calendars, ballads and folktales were sold to the people.
(ii) Penny chapbooks were sold cheaply by pedlars in the villages, so that even the poor could buy them.
(iii) In France, low priced small books, called 'Biliotheque Bleue', printed on poor quality paper were sold.
(iv) 'Romances' were printed on four to six pages and 'histories', were longer stories about the past.
OR
The features of early Bengali novels were
(i) Many of the novels were set in the past, with their characters, events and love stories based on historical events.
(ii) One group of novels depicted domestic life in contemporary settings, highlighting social issues and romantic relationships.
(iii) Initially the novels used a colloquial style associated with urban life. They also used meyeli, the language associated with women's speech.
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