What was the impact on literature of the Education Act of 1870, which made elementary schooling compulsory ?

20th Century 17/12/2021

A. the emergence of a mass literate population at whom a new mass-produced literature could be directed
B. a new market for basic textbooks which paid better than sophisticated novels or plays
C. a popular thirst for the classics,
driving contemporary writers to the margins
D. none of the above

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