Question

Which of these sentences probably comes from a work of classic literature?) PLEASE HELP ILL GIVE YOU BRAINLEIST!


A. The greedy man was harsh as winter, and had never done a generous deed in his long life; he was a hermit.
B. The man who refused to share with those in need had never felt the warmth that comes from giving.
C. The most selfish man in town was one who lived alone and never had visitors of any sort, except maybe lawyers.
D. The miser was hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; he was as solitary as an oyster.

Answer 1

Answer:

The miser was hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; he was as solitary as an oyster aka D.

Explanation:

This could be because in the other sentences you can still feel a sense of modernisation because of the vocab used but D calls the man a miser (a person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible) which is a word which dates back to the early 1800's just showing one of the possible ways how it feels more classical than the other sentences.

Answer 2

Answer:

The greedy man was harsh as winter, and had never done a generous deed in his long life; he was a hermit.

Explanation: