Which of the following factors contributed to literature becoming a profitable business ?
Correct answer: D. all of the above
- A. Commercial and public lending libraries were established in order to provide for an enlarged reading public
- B. Education reform increased literacy, thus creating a demand for commercial and public lending libraries.
- C. A new aesthetics of valuing literature for its own sake emphasized reading for pleasure.
- D. all of the above
Explanation
The expansion of literacy created a larger reading public, while lending libraries and the idea of reading for pleasure made books easier to access and more commercially valuable. These three developments worked together, so all the statements apply.
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