Biographer Michael Gorra notes that the novelistHenry James “lived in a world of second thoughts,”frequently tinkering with his novels and stories aftertheir initial publication. However, the differencesbetween the 1881 first edition and the 1908 edition ofhis novel A Portrait of a Lady are extreme, even byJames’s standards; _______ some critics regard thetwo editions as two different novels altogether.Which choice completes the text with the mostlogical transition?A) by contrast,B) in fact,C) nevertheless,D) in other words,

Question 4 of 10Which passage from A Room of One's Own best represents Woolf's thought process in conducting research for her essay?A.The moment, however, that one tries this method with the Elizabethan woman, one branch of illumination fails; one is held up by the scarcity of facts.B.She never writes her own life and scarcely keeps a diary; there are only a handful of her letters in existence.C.And I turned to Professor Trevelyan again to see what history meant to him. I found by looking at his chapter headings that it meant . . .D.All these facts lie somewhere, presumably, in parish registers and account books; the life of the average Elizabethan woman must be scattered about somewhere . . .SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

The following text is adapted from Henry James’s 1881 novel Portrait of a Lady.Mrs. Touchett was certainly a person of many oddities, of which her behavior on returning to her husband’s house after many months was a noticeable specimen. She had her own way of doing all that she did, and this is the simplest description of a character which, although by no means without liberal motions, rarely succeeded in giving an impression of suavity. Mrs. Touchett might do a great deal of good, but she never pleased. She was virtually separated from her husband, but she appeared to perceive nothing irregular in the situation.Based on the text, what is true about how Mrs. Touchett’s behavior?It is conventionally-minded and always socially acceptable.eliminateIt is designed to keep up appearances in the face of her separation from her husband.eliminateIt is strange and often off-putting to those around her.eliminateIt is offensive to polite society.

Jane Austen is often praised for her ------- use of interiority. Many scholars of literature cite her as one of the first English writers to use the craft technique of free indirect discourse, wherein a third-person narrator assumes the qualities and characteristics of a first-person perspective, especially with regard to characters' thoughts. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?pioneeringeliminateconsiderateeliminateunderstatedeliminateperplexing

.Name the important women personality who wrote and published a bookStripurushtulna, criticising the social differences between men and women

Compare and contrast the book Kindred to the article To Touch Solid Evidence The Implicity of Past and Present in Octavia E. Butler's.