The correct answer is C. A novel of manners
Explanation:
The Regency period took place from 1881 to 1820 in the United Kingdom and implied important changes in terms of customs, fashion, politics, society, architecture, etc. Because of this, literary works written during this historical period were mainly novels that focused on elements from romanticism and also features of classes such as the customs, lifestyle, values, etc. of one specific class and the comparison of these features to the ones in other classes. This type of novel is known as a novel of manners because it focuses on the manners of a social class. Therefore, the type of literature that would most likely have been written during the Regency period is "a novel of manners".
