Title: Why do people read novels? - Quora
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Why do people read novels?
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Content: Nobody can say why we like doing something that we are really passionate about. Singers sing, listeners listen, orators speak, readers read, chefs cook. Maybe that is what they were meant to do. Ann Litz
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We read novels because we want to live, even vicariously, in a world with meaning. Too many senseless events happen in the real world: children die of starvation at the very gates of the wealthy, innocent and admirable people perish in natural disasters, wars that destroy young lives and entire countries are waged for the pettiest of reasons. A novelist, whether realistic or fantastic, extrapolates meaning onto his or her envisioned world. Sometimes the good guy wins. The sick child recovers. The impoverished orphan has a secret fortune.