A、To give an example of someone who was the subject of one of Stowe’s biographies. B、To give an example of another author who us

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Continuing our survey of the 19th century, let’s take a look now at Harriet Beecher Stowe. Now Stowe is best known for her novel Uncle Tom’ Cabin, a book that details the harshness of plantation life in the south. The book was extremely popular in the United States as well as in other countries. Ironically though, for the attention given to Uncle Tom’s Cabin, it is far from Stowe’s best work. She did write one other novel about life in the south. But much of her best work has nothing to do with the south at all. In fact, Stowe’s best writing is about village life in the New England states in the 19th century. In recording the customs of the villages she wrote about, Stowe claimed that her purpose was to reflect the images as realistically as possible. She usually succeeded, for her settings were often described actually and in detail. In this sense, she was an important forerunner to the realistic movement that became popular later in the 19th century. She was one of the first writers to use local dialect for her characters when they spoke. And she did this for thirty years before Mark Twain popularized the use of local dialect. It makes sense that Stowe would write about New England life, since she was born in Connecticut. As a young woman there, she worked as a teacher. The teaching job helped lead to her first published work, a geography book for children. Later, when she was married, her writing helped to support her family financially. Throughout her life, she wrote poems, travel books, biographical sketches and children’s books as well as novels for adults.

选项 A、To give an example of someone who was the subject of one of Stowe’s biographies.
B、To give an example of another author who used local dialect in his writing.
C、To suggest that his work was less popular than Stowe’s.
D、To point out another author who wrote about New England.

答案B

解析 细节题。在谈到Harriet Beecher Stowe的作品时,为进一步表明她是最早使用方言的作家,早到何种程度,以另一位在作品中也使用方言的著名作家Mark Twain为例,Harriet Beecher Stow 比 Mark Twain 早三十多年。A,C,D项的内容与文章内容不符合。
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