Answer:
The merits of print books were
(i) Print convinced the people to act differently and think in new ways. It engendered discussion and debate, which was not there earlier.
(ii) Philosophers' and scientists' ideas became more easily accessible, spreading enlightenment and understanding, thus giving people hope of liberation from despotism.
(iii)Print attacked the blind beliefs propagated by the Catholic Church, thus reforming both society and the Church.
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The novel uses the vernacular, the language that is spoken by common people. Thus, by coming closer to the people, the novel produces the sense of a shared world between diverse peoples in a nation. Novels also draw from different styles of language. A novel may take a classical language and combine it with the language of the streets and make them all a part of the vernacular that it uses. Like the nation, the novel brings together many cultures.
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