So You Think You Know Jane Austen?: A Literary Quizbook (Oxford World's Classics)
John Sutherland, Deirdre Le Faye
Language: English
Pages: 240
ISBN: 0199538999
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
How well do you really know your favorite author? In this new book, ace literary detective turned quizmaster John Sutherland and Austen buff Deirdre Le Faye challenge you 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. The questions are ingenious and fun, and the answers (located in the back of the book), in Sutherland's inimitable style, are fascinating. Completing the book guarantees a hugely improved knowledge and appreciation of Austen. Whether you are an expert or enthusiast, So You Think You Know Jane Austen? guarantees you will know her much better after reading it.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
never learned to draw. Is his pledging himself (explicitly to the one, implicitly to the other) to two young ladies the consequence of not being able to make up his mind, or having no mind to make up? 2 / 5 What was Colonel Brandon an officer in? A regiment in the East Indies, we later learn. It was a posting where the climate was hot and the mosquitoes troublesome. He was fourteen years abroad, during which time (to judge by his rheumatism and flannel waistcoats—under vests, that is) he has
for six months until the atmosphere becomes too strained (around August, probably), then arrange to leave and arrive in Devon in September. 3/6 Why does Sir John Middleton write to Mrs Henry Dashwood, out of the blue, inviting her to stay at Barton Cottage? He has, we later learn, just lost a tenant and he requires someone in the cottage for 'company'. Two eligible young ladies (plus a handsome widow, and a demure girl on the brink of being presentable) will be a catch for the balls and parties
should be left alone—for what will surely be a proposal on his part. Normally, of course, they would be chaperoned. Is a proposal his intention? 3/15 No letter is expected by Marianne from Willoughby. Why not? 3/16 Why does Edward Ferrars start in alarm when Marianne says, without any ulterior meaning, that he is 'reserved'? 3/17 What colour is Elinor's hair? 3/18 What did the late Mr Jennings do by way of occupation? 3/19 Where has Charlotte Palmer been educated? 3/20 What kind of carriage does
kind). As a clever little girl, Fanny would have devised mnemonic devices to remember his 'two and forty' speeches 2 / 1 6 When he sees Fanny again, after four years, what is the first feature in her appearance which strikes William? Her hairstyle. As he says, 'Do you know, I begin to like that queer fashion already, though when I first heard of such things being done in England I could not believe it'. From a later remark by Henry about an Mansfield Park: Answers 167 errant curl falling down
Henry is, with this Maddison business, primarily concerned to ingratiate himself with Fanny by bringing to her attention his new sensitivity to the responsibilities of being master of Everingham. 2 / 2 4 How would Fanny's father, as he protests, deal with the delinquent Maria Rushworth? 'I'd give her the rope's end as long as I could stand over her.' 2 / 2 5 What is Lady Bertram's exclamation, when Fanny returns to a devastated Mansfield? 'Dear Fanny! now I shall be comfortable.' First things