The principal intention of the author of a dime novel was to ______.

A．is a waste of time
B．would be sufficient in itself to determine the essential characteristics of the American tradition
C．would be a valuable contribution in determining the essential characteristics of the American tradition
D．would be amusing but unimportant

A．The attitudes of the masses of people are best expressed by sociology texts.
B．The nearest thing we have had to a proletarian literature is the dime novel.
C．The study of the formal literature alone will not enable the historian to understand the attitudes and interests of the common people.
D．Because the themes in the dime novels were not good, they could no longer be legally distribute