Read the excerpt below and answer the question.
As we open Jane Eyre once more we cannot stifle the suspicion that we shall find her world of imagination as antiquated, mid-Victorian, and out of date as the parsonage on the moor…("The Continuing Appeal of Jane Eyre")
Which of the following best describes the hypothetical reader Virginia Woolf represents in this quote?
a contemporary critic of Charlotte Brontë's
a prejudiced reader
a devoted fan of Charlotte Brontë
Virginia Woolf herself