During her lifetime, Jane Austen had published numerous novels, but she not revealing her name as the author, but using[/u] “By a Lady” as the author’s identity, she did reveal her gender.
A) During her lifetime, Jane Austen had published numerous novels, but she not revealing her name as the author, but using
- Too wordy and confusingB) Although she published numerous novels during her lifetime, Jane Austen did not reveal her name as the author, but by using
- CORRECT, clearly communicates the meaning of the sentence and how she revealed her gender even though she never revealed her nameC) Publishing numerous novels during her lifetime, Jane Austen did not reveal her name as the author, yet by using
- 'Publishing' made me discard this choice as the sentence talks about the pastD) She published numerous novels during her lifetime, but Jane Austen did not reveal her name as the author, by using
The subject not that she published numerous novels during her lifetimeE) Although publishing numerous novels, Jane Austen did not reveal her name as the author during her lifetime, but using
'Although' signifies that the numerous novels was the cause for not revealing her name, which is not the case here I hope i got the explanations right