So You Think You Know Jane Austen? - Sutherland, John;Le Faye, Deirdre
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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 progresses to 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 of Jane…mehr

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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 progresses to 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 of Jane 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.
Autorenporträt
John Sutherland ist emeritierter Lord Northcliffe Professor für moderne englische Literatur am University College London und Gastprofessor am California Institute of Technology. Er hat zahlreiche Bücher veröffentlicht und herausgegeben und in zahlreichen Rezensionen über eine Fülle von Publikationen geschrieben. Für die britische und amerikanische Presse verfasst er regelmäßig Beiträge zu verschiedenen literarischen Themen. Er gehört der Royal Society of Literature an und war Vorsitzender der Jury für den Man Booker Prize.