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By the 1740s in France, what was the 'Bibliotheque Bleue'?
AA library of Greek classics (typical)
BA scientific encyclopaedia
CA French dictionary
DA series of cheap, blue-cover small books for poor readers
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. A series of cheap, blue-cover small books for poor readers
1. NCERT discusses popular literature in 18th-century France.
2. Bibliotheque Bleue were low-priced small books printed on poor-quality paper, with blue paper covers.
3. They circulated in France from the 1750s and reached non-elite readers — peddlars sold them at fairs.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 5 "Print Culture and the Modern World", §Mass Reading ¶2_
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