Books and Authors question: With Beloved as the reference work, which book–author pair is correctly matched?

The source-backed, question-specific record explains: Beloved is correctly associated with Toni Morrison. The work’s first publication is conventionally dated to 1987, and its original language is English. These three details—title, author, and language—form the decisive bibliographical combination required here. Toni Morrison, a major American literary figure, is also associated with Song of Solomon; that companion title helps confirm the authorship independently rather than through guesswork. The distractor set (Things Fall Apart — Khushwant Singh; Train to Pakistan — Charles Dickens; A Tale of Two Cities — Chinua Achebe) must therefore be tested as complete statements: one true fragment cannot make an entire option correct. A common examination trap is to confuse an author’s nationality with the language of composition, or a translation date with first publication. Another is to treat a well-known adaptation or later edition as the original work. Revision takeaway: remember the compact chain “Beloved — Toni Morrison — English — 1987,” and connect it with Song of Solomon for stronger recall. This evidence establishes the bibliographic relationship required in this Books and Authors item. A correct solution must preserve the exact title, author, publication context, language, award or comparison requested by the stem. Similar periods, genres or national traditions do not make two book–author pairs interchangeable. Option A gives Beloved — Toni Morrison and satisfies the wording of the question. The remaining choices—Things Fall Apart — Khushwant Singh, Train to Pakistan — Charles Dickens and A Tale of Two Cities — Chinua Achebe—do not satisfy the complete requirement. Depending on the stem, a distractor may name a real writer but attach the wrong title, use a related work by another.