Match List I with List II

List I	List II
[A] “The lion’s skin”	[I] Washington irving
[B] “The man who liked dickens”	[II] W. Somerset Maugham
[C] “Rip van winkle”	[III] Stephen crane
[D] “The bride comes to yellow sky”	[IV] Evelyn Waugh

The correct option is A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III.

Let us break down the correct matching of the literary works in List I with their respective authors in List II step-by-step:

1. [A] “The lion’s skin” matches with [II] W. Somerset Maugham
“The Lion’s Skin” is a well-known short story written by the celebrated English playwright, novelist, and short story writer William Somerset Maugham. The story explores themes of social climbing, pretense, and irony through its characters.

2. [B] “The man who liked dickens” matches with [IV] Evelyn Waugh
“The Man Who Liked Dickens” is a famous gothic-themed short story by the English writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1933. It tells the story of a traveler trapped in the Amazon jungle who is forced to read the novels of Charles Dickens aloud to his captor. Waugh later incorporated this story as the climax of his renowned novel, A Handful of Dust.

3. [C] “Rip van winkle” matches with [I] Washington irving
“Rip Van Winkle” is a classic American short story written by Washington Irving, first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America who falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains and awakens twenty years later, having missed the American Revolutionary War.

4. [D] “The bride comes to yellow sky” matches with [III] Stephen crane
“The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” is an 1898 short story by the American author Stephen Crane. It is a classic Western tale that humorously depicts the transition of the American Old West from a lawless frontier into a more civilized society.

Thus, by aligning each literary work with its author, we get the matching: A-II, B-IV, C-I, and D-III.