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[QUOTE=HarryT;1567155]Because I read a lot of 19th century novels, and there are many words which have fallen out of common usage. Although one can of course simply guess the meaning from the context, the dictionary on the Kindle or the Sony makes it so easy to look the word up that it enhances the reading experience to do so.
Eg, take this sentence from Anthony Trollope's "Barchester Towers":
Harry, You claim to read Many 19th Century novels..but I would imagine after reading the whole tome of Dickens, Tolstoy, and Balzac..... for example you would have a good grasp of many of the 'terms' that are used within the context of what you are reading... n'est pas?
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