The popular paperbacks and dime novels of the late 1880s were sometimes referred to as pulp fiction because ____.
a- of their trashy tabloid-like content
b- of the cheap machine-made pulp paper they were printed on
c- the author of the first popular paperback was Thomas Pulp
d- of their disposable nature
Answer: B
Media
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