Which group of authors is listed as part of 20th-century British literature?

Which group of authors is listed as part of 20th-century British literature?

• A. George Bernard Shaw, E. M. Forster, Virginia Woolf, George Orwell
• B. Jane Austen, Bronte sisters, George Eliot, Alfred, Lord Tennyson
• C. Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling, Oscar Wilde
• D. T. S. Eliot, Sylvia Plath, Henry James, James Joyce

Answer: (A)

The main idea is recognizing authors who did their defining work in Britain during the 20th century. This group includes George Bernard Shaw, E. M. Forster, Virginia Woolf, and George Orwell—writers who were active in the early to mid-1900s and who helped shape British modern drama and fiction. Shaw, though Irish-born, built a career in Britain and became a central voice of that era; Forster and Woolf are key figures of British modernism, and Orwell produced landmark works in the mid-20th century. The other sets pair authors from 18th and 19th centuries or include writers not primarily associated with Britain, so they don’t fit the scope of 20th-century British literature.

The main idea is recognizing authors who did their defining work in Britain during the 20th century. This group includes George Bernard Shaw, E. M. Forster, Virginia Woolf, and George Orwell—writers who were active in the early to mid-1900s and who helped shape British modern drama and fiction. Shaw, though Irish-born, built a career in Britain and became a central voice of that era; Forster and Woolf are key figures of British modernism, and Orwell produced landmark works in the mid-20th century. The other sets pair authors from 18th and 19th centuries or include writers not primarily associated with Britain, so they don’t fit the scope of 20th-century British literature.