All of the following statements are true of Dickens' later works CEPT______.
A、There are fewer jokes and the comedy becomes harsher.
B、There is always a happy ending.
C、The novels are of great compactness and concentration.
D、Most of the works present a criticism of the more complicated and yet most fundamental social institutions and morals of Victorian England.
【正确答案】：B
【题目解析】：本题考查狄更斯后期的写作特点。祭《双城记》外，他对更加复杂也更为基础的社会机构及道德观念进行了批判；他笔下的抨击更加趋于紧促、激烈，从而带给小说一种高度的凝缩感；为了更透彻地展现世界的阴暗，后期作品中较少出现调侃与玩笑，喜剧气氛变得尖锐起来；小说不再有团圆式的愉快结局。答案为B。p240
