Answer:
C
Explanation:
It's not serious, not suspenseful, not playful, it is nonchalant.
D.hard, measurable facts are highly valued
Hard Times- For this times, is a short novel by Charles Dickens that has a pessimistic view of the social and economic situation of the era, it protrays a satiric version of the English society but set in Mexico by 1854 and how they appreciated more the hard value of numbers and things. He had to write it and publish it because his weekly periodical was low on sales, by publiching it it boosted its numbers.
Girl we need some more context