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This study aimed to examine the change of reading culture taken place in Seoul in the late of Joseon Dynasty. At this time, rapid urbanization of Seoul presented as a population explosion and the development of economy based on commodity money was ongoing. This changed the environment around Korean novels. The change of reading form was one of it. The urbanization of Seoul in the late of Joseon Dynasty combined Korean novels with a commercial capital and made it a commodity. A lot of novels were produced and consumed. Their production method was diversified with the rising demand of them. This would also influence reading form. Reading form was recitation by the Middle Ages. But a record was appeared that there was "silent reading" in the late of the Joseon Dynasty. This change would be related to the change of reading environment. For analyzing the main factor of this change, these would be examined : what had happened in Seoul in the late of the Josen Dynasty ; how Korean novels were enjoyed by recitation and listening ; the change of the publication environment, particularly how the birth of bang-gak novels could be involved in silent reading and what means the occurrence of silent reading in cultural history.