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So You Think You Know Thomas Hardy?: A Literary Quizbook

By John Sutherland

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2005
ISBN
9780192804433, 019280443X
Open Library ID
OL22709366M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1922900 bytes)
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Pages
223\223
Topic
Literature Prose
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

How well do you really know your favourite author? Ace literary detective turned quizmaster John Sutherland challenges 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? From Bathsheba's valentine to Tess's favourite cows, the subjects range across six of Hardy's most popular novels. Designed to amuse and divert, the questions and answers take the reader on an imaginative journey into the world of Thomas Hardy, where hypothesis and speculation produce fascinating and unexpected insights. Whether you are an expert or enthusiast, ''So You Think You Know Thomas Hardy?'' guarantees you will know him much better after reading it.

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