It shows the financial situation of workers during the Industrial Revolution.
Explanation:
So the workers vegetated throughout a passably comfortable existence, leading a righteous and peaceful life in all piety and probity and their material position was far better than that of their successors. They did not need to overwork they did no more than they chose to do, and yet earned what they needed Their children grew up in the fresh country air, and, if they could help their parents at work, it was only occasionally; while of eight or twelve hours work for them, there was no question.
The correct option is B. An appositive phrase refers to a noun or a pronoun that identifies or rename another noun or pronoun; it gives more information about that noun or pronoun. An appositive together with its modifier is called an appositive phrase. An appositive phrase is said to be non- essential when it adds information to a sentence whose meaning is already clear. Non-essential appositives are usually set off by a coma.