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It is hard for publishers and printers to create very long books that balance the requirements of readability, durability, and cost. Among some exceptionally long novels published in English, François Rabelais’s Gargantua and Pantagruel (translated from French) was published in a 1,000-page edition and runs to an estimated 350,000 words, while Vikram Chandra’s Sacred Games (written originally in English) was published in a 928-page edition and runs to an estimated 500,000 words. This suggests that       
Which choice most logically completes the text?
A
Gargantua and Pantagruel likely has a lower word count in its original French edition.
B
the edition of Gargantua and Pantagruel was less expensive to print than the edition of Sacred Games.
C
the edition of Sacred Games has more words per page than the edition of Gargantua and Pantagruel.
D
readers will, on average, take the same time to read Sacred Games as they will to read Gargantua and Pantagruel.