NCERT Solutions for Class 12 English Kaleidoscope Essay Chapter 4 Why The Novel Matters

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NCERT Solutions for Class 12 English Kaleidoscope Essay 4 Why The Novel Matters can be found in this article along with the download link. This essay is written by English novelist D.H.Lawrence. In this article, he talks about why reading and writing a novel is required. This is a first-person narrative as it projects the author’s idea directly.

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Why The Novel Matters Summary

The author has included two important segments in this essay. First, he talks about the importance of novelists, and in the next segment, he talks about why novels are important.

  • According to the author, the human mind is the most important element.
  • Only novelists can understand the human psyche and soul, not even theologists can do that properly.
  • As per D.H.Lawrence, people can learn philosophies and other important things through novels while they are alive rather than after their death.
  • In the next part, the author talks about the importance of the novels. Here, he compared novelists with scientists. 
  • Novels are considered to be the window of life and it is more important than other genres of books. 
  • The author concluded his article by saying how novels can be impactful and interesting for human lives and how they can help humans to achieve a fulfilled life.

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          • 3.
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