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

a new market for basic textbooks which paid better than sophisticated novels or plays

the emergence of a mass literate population at whom a new mass-produced literature could be directed

a popular thirst for the classics, driving contemporary writers to the margins

What was the impact on literature of the Education Act of 1870, which

1.	What was the impact on literature of the Education Act of 1870, which made elementary schooling compulsory ?
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
Answer» B. a new market for basic textbooks which paid better than sophisticated novels or plays