Which of the Following Statements Correctly Describes the Reception of the Most

Which of the following statements correctly describes the reception of the most successful Enlightenment authors by the public?

A) Although sought after by noble patrons, they managed to avoid support from them entirely.
B) They joined the ranks of celebrities of the time.
C) They never earned money from publishing their writings.
D) They experienced the same levels of reception as their seventeenth-century predecessors.
E) Although their works were read after their deaths, they largely went unnoticed at the time.