Although she was considered among her contemporaries to be the better poet than her husband, later Elizabeth Barrett Browning was overshadowed by his success.



(A) Although she was considered among her contemporaries to be the better poet than her husband, later Elizabeth Barrett Browning was overshadowed by his success.

Option A contains an error of comparisons

Elizabeth Browning is overshadowed by her husband’s success.

We can only compare similar items. We can compare one person’s success with that of another. But we cannot compare a person with another person’s success.

The verb “consider” should not be followed by prepositions- “as” or “to be”. Eliminate

Incorrect. Eliminate.  


(B) Although Elizabeth Barrett Browning was considered among her contemporaries as a better poet than her husband, she was later overshadowed by his success.

Same as A. Eliminate


(C) Later overshadowed by the success of her husband, Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poetry had been considered among her contemporaries to be better than that of her husband.

What was overshadowed by the success of her husband? Elizabeth’s poetry? 

The verb “consider” should not be followed by prepositions- “as” or “to be”.

Incorrect. Eliminate


(D) Although Elizabeth Barrett Browning's success was later overshadowed by that of her husband, among her contemporaries she was considered the better poet.

Correct.


(E) Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poetry was considered among her contemporaries as better than her husband, but her success was later overshadowed by his.

The verb “consider” should not be followed by prepositions- “as” or “to be”. 

Option E incorrectly compares Elizabeth’s poetry with her husband.  

Eliminate