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Can Jane Eyre Be Happy?: More Puzzles in Classic Fiction

By John Sutherland

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
1997
ISBN
9780192833099, 019283309X
LCC
PR821 .S88 1997
Open Library ID
OL401708M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4621918 bytes)
Series
World's Classics
Pages
258\258
Topic
Literature Prose
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

The exciting sequel to the enormously successful Is Heathcliff A Murderer?, John Sutherland's latest collection of literary puzzles, Can Jane Eyre Be Happy? turns up unexpected and brain-teasing aspects of the range of canonical British and American fiction represented in the World's Classics list. With bold imaginative speculation he investigates thirty-four literary conundrums, ranging from Daniel Defoe to Virginia Woolf. Covering issues well beyond the strict confines of Victorian fiction, Sutherland explores the questions readers often ask but critics rarely discuss: Why does Robinson Crusoe find only one footprint? How does Magwitch swim to shore with a great iron on his leg? Where does Fanny Hill keep her contraceptives? Whose side is Hawkeye on? And how does Clarissa Dalloway get home so quickly? As in its universally well received predecessor, the questions and answers in Can Jane Eyre Be Happy? are ingenious and convincing, and return the reader with new respect to the great novels they celebrate.

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