Which of the following writers wrote historical novels ?
Correct answer: B. Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth
- A. Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte
- B. Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth
- C. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- D. Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley
Explanation
Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth are major pioneers of the historical novel, using imagined characters and plots against real historical backgrounds. The other pairs are chiefly associated with different novelistic or poetic traditions.
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