Which sentence most clearly addresses the aesthetic impact of a work of literature? A. Upton Sinclair's sickening details in The Jungle leave the reader feeling
angry at the injustice in the meatpacking industry.
B. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is often criticized as portraying
African peoples as uncivilized.
C. Charles Dickens wrote during a time of great social injustice, especially
against the children of poor families.
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D. Many students are intimidated by Virginia Woolf, but with a bit of
practice, a reader can grow used to her style.

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt