Literary critic: Often the heirs of a successful writer decide to publish the manuscripts and the letters the dead writer left behind, regardless of the merit of the work. However, many writers have manuscripts that they judge to be unworthy of publication and with which they would not like to be publicly associated even after they die. Hence a successful writer who decides not to publish a recently completed manuscript should destroy it immediately.
Which one of the following statements, if true, most calls into question the soundness of the literary critic’s advice?
A． Some writers whose work becomes both popular and respected after they die received no literary recognition during their lifetimes.
B． Writers who achieve a certain degree of fame can expect that some of their personal correspondence will become publicly available after they die.
C． Most successful writers’ judgments of their recently completed work is unnecessarily harsh and is often later revised.
D． Many posthumously published books would have been published by the author had the author lived.
E． Some heirs of successful writers do not consider themselves qualified to judge the merits of a literary work.