Which of the novelists have been correctly matched with their works?
A) Thomas Hardy – The Return of the Native
B) Charles Dickens – The History of Henry Esmond
C) Virginia Woolf – Mrs. Dalloway
D) George Eliot – Northanger Abbey
E) Charlotte Bronte – The Professor
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The correct option is A, C and E.

Let us analyze each pair step-by-step to understand why they are correctly or incorrectly matched:

A) Thomas Hardy – The Return of the Native:
This match is correct. The Return of the Native is a well-known novel by the English novelist Thomas Hardy, first published in 1878.

B) Charles Dickens – The History of Henry Esmond:
This match is incorrect. The History of Henry Esmond is a historical novel written by William Makepeace Thackeray, not Charles Dickens.

C) Virginia Woolf – Mrs. Dalloway:
This match is correct. Mrs. Dalloway is a landmark modernist novel written by Virginia Woolf and published in 1925.

D) George Eliot – Northanger Abbey:
This match is incorrect. Northanger Abbey was written by the famous novelist Jane Austen, not George Eliot.

E) Charlotte Brontë – The Professor:
This match is correct. The Professor was the first novel written by Charlotte Brontë, though it was published posthumously in 1857.

Therefore, only matches A, C, and E are correct.