Victorian literature: Useful is the key word. The novel is a way to spread literacy and to describe society. The novel was popular, it was published for common people (contrary to the augatsn novel).The reason for this popularity is the new publishing method in chapters in the newspaper usually on sunday. -Everyone could afford a newspaper, reading became very cheap. it became kind of a family habit to go to church in the morning and buy a newspaper. This made the novel very popular and more and more people developed their reading skills. -New themes. Social aspects and problems, Victorian life, children (writing about children with difficulties gives a kind of pathos in fact we usually feel affection to the child). This publishing method has some advantages and disadvantages ad: a they sold a lot of copies. The novelist knew that for a couple of years they could count on this job, so they had financial security. dis: if he had problems and couldn't write a chapter they were obliged.in fact some chapters were written with hurry. This method of publication meant that the relationship between the writer and the readers became really close and strong as the novel was published. The re