So You Think You Know Jane Austen?: A Literary Quizbook

by John Sutherland

Other authorsDeirdre Le Faye
Paperback, 2005

Status

Available

Call number

823.7

Collection

Publication

Oxford University Press, USA (2005), Edition: Second printing, Paperback, 240 pages

Description

How well do you really know your favourite author? Ace literary detective turned quizmaster John Sutherland and Austen buff Deirdre Le Faye challenge the reader to find out. Starting with easy, factual questions that test how well you remember a novel and its characters, the quiz progressesto a level of greater difficulty, demanding close reading and interpretative deduction. What really motivates the characters, and what is going on beneath the surface of the story? Designed to amuse and divert, the questions and answers take the reader on an imaginative journey into the world ofJane Austen, where hypothesis and speculation produce fascinating and unexpected insights. Whether you are an expert or enthusiast, So You Think You Know Jane Austen? guarantees you will know her much better after reading it.… (more)

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Original publication date

2005

Physical description

240 p.; 7.5 inches

ISBN

0192804405 / 9780192804402
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