单选题 According to the passage, the lack of critical attention paid to Jane Austin can be explained by all of the following nineteenth-century attitudes toward the novel EXCEPT ______.

A、 the assurance felt by many people that novels weakened the mind
B、 the certainty shared by many political commentators that the range of novels was too narrow
C、 the lack of interest shown by some critics in novels that were published anonymously
D、 the fear exhibited by some critics in novels that had the power to portray immoral characters attractively

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】第二段第一句指出了why Austin received little attention from early nineteenth-century literary critics的原因：一是当时人们对小说的态度，包括had the power to make so-called immoral characters被年轻人认同，destruction of the mind等，二是小说匿名出版，这些分别对应选项的A，C，D项。