【单选题】

Her novel published to universal acclaim, her literary gifts acknowledged by the chief figures of the Harlem Renaissance, her reputation as yet ______ by envious slights, Hurston clearly was at the ______ of her career.

A、undamageD、..ebb
B、untarnisheD、..zenith
C、untainteD、..extremity
D、blackeneD、..mercy
E、unmarreD、..brink