CBSE Class 10 Answered

Three reasons which created a large number of new readers in the 19^th century were:

• Primary education became compulsory in Britain in the 19^th century. Children emerged as an important category of readers. School text books were published for them. Many books dealing with fairy tales, folk tales and stories began to be published for children.
• In the 19^th century, women began important readers. Penny magazines began to be published along with several manuals. When novels began to be written in the 19^th century, women emerged as an important category of readers.
• In the nineteenth century, lending libraries in England began to play an important role in educating white-collar workers, artisans and lower-middle-class people.