The novel is the most popular of all the forms of literature. The benefits of novel reading are many. The novel mirrors a contemporary or past society. While reading a novel we come to know the very web and texture of a society in a particular age the manner the people lived their life, the customs they followed, and the beliefs they held to. The novels of Saratchandra give us a peep into the socio-economic conditions of early twentieth-century Bengal. The novel exercises a far-reaching influence on man’s life. It enkindles public conscience against the wrongs and injustices done to man by man. The novels of Charles Dickens opened the eyes of the English people to the unsanitary conditions of the then warehouses and factories, and the exploitation of child labor.