18世纪英国民众阅读的兴起

经济发展、识字率的提高以及技术和制度的变革，为18世纪英国民众参与阅读创造了条件。18世纪读物及其流通渠道的发展，使民众参与阅读成为可能。通过对图书馆等借阅机构和民众家庭藏书、购书状况的考察，可以肯定18世纪阅读成为民众日常生活的重要部分，并产生了一系列积极社会影响。

The Flourishing of Reading Among English Common People in the 18th Century

The economic development, the growing number of literate population and the change of institution all contribute to the fact that English people were gradually involved in reading in the 18th Century; and the trend of reading matters towards popularization as well as the increase of circulating channel also make it possible. It is confirmed that through library and similar institutions, the ownership and the purchase of books, in the 18th Century reading has penetrated into common people and become an important part in their daily life, thus playing positive roles.