Part of the reason Charles Dickens loved his own novel,David
Part of the reason Charles Dickens loved his own novel,David Copperfield,was( that) it was rather closely modeled on his own life. was( that) 这个was是谁的谓语?
是part of the reason的谓语,was后面讲的都是为什么Charles Dickens爱他自己的小说《David Copperfield》的原因. 整句的意思是: Charles Dickens之所以喜爱他自己的小说《David Copperfield》,有部分原因是因为这篇小说与他本人的现实生活极为接近.