GRE Big Book - Test - 16 - section - 4 - Q3

Walpole’s art collection was huge and fascinating, and his novel The Castle of Otranto was never out of print; none of this mattered to the Victorians, who___him as, at best,___

(A) dismissed, insignificant

(B) judged, worthwhile

© revered, talented

(D) reviled, meager

(E) taunted, dangerous

Can you please explain the logic behind the answer?

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