|Question 8Verbal

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The Truelove, first published in 1992, is a novel in Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin series, which includes twenty books plus an unfinished fragment of a twenty-first. Some critics have found fault with the abrupt endings of The Truelove and other books in the series, saying that they do not finish conclusively but arbitrarily stop. But other critics argue that the books should not be thought of as discrete texts with traditional beginnings and endings but as a single incredibly long work, similar to other multivolume stories, such as Anthony Powell’s A Dance to the Music of Time.
Which choice best describes the function of the underlined portion in the text as a whole?
It explains why many critics find the Aubrey/Maturin novels to be entertaining despite flaws in the novels’ structures.
A
It argues that the unusual structure that O’Brian uses for The Truelove makes it one of his least entertaining books.
B
It presents a reason most critics think the Aubrey/Maturin series should not have the literary renown of similar works like A Dance to the Music of Time.
C
It describes a characteristic of the Aubrey/Maturin novels and summarizes a negative assessment of it.
D