单选题 It can be inferred from the passage that Whately found Dickens' characters to be

A、 especially interesting to young readers
B、 ordinary persons in recognizably human situations
C、 less liable than Jane Austin ' s characters to have a realistic mixture of moral qualities
D、 more often villainous and weak than virtuous and good

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】第二段讲了Whately很欣赏Austin作品的真实性，并在段末指出comparing Austin’s art of characterization to Dickens’，stating his preference for Austin’s，选项C表述符合文意。