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| So You Think You Know Jane Austen?: A Literary Quizbook (Oxford World's Classics) | 
| Authors: John Sutherland, Deirdre Le Faye
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 900795
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 0.8
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.7
ASIN: B0013MT92E
Publication Date: August 1, 2005
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Product Description
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.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Awesome Book for Jane Austen Lovers! May 9, 2008
Great book! It really makes you think deep regarding the charachters motives behind their actions, that are not neccesarily evident in the reading. It really tests your knowledge about the history as well. It is definitely worth buying.
 Janeites Alert! May 9, 2008
If you think you know Jane Austen's works in depth, take these quizzes and see what you've missed. I was surprised at how many things I didn't remember and I'm a true Janeite!
Test your knowledge of Jane Austen books June 26, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Defininately for any Jane Austen buff. This quizbook is broken down into 4 levels ascending difficult questions per each of Jane Austen's 6 books. The first level, "Brass Tacks", contains purely fact based questions.
For example in Sense and Sensibility, 'what are Willoughby's last words to Elinor?'
The second level, "Factual but Tricky", contains slightly harder fact based questions.
Such as in Emma, 'why does Harriet hate Italian singing?'
The book says that the third level, "Very Tricky--and Occasionally Deductive," 'approaches mastermind difficulty in terms of factual reference and involvees some interpretative deduction as well.'
For example, in Pride and Prejudice, 'why does Elizabeth take such a tender interest in Jane's marriage affairs, and so little in those of her younger sisters?'
Last but not least, the fourth level questions, "The Interpretative Zone", are mostly deduction and spectulation.
One of these questions in the Persuasion section is 'We learn, in the last pages, that William Elliot has been playing a very cunning double game. What is that game, and why is he playing it?'
Then the answers to these questions are in the back of the book.
Intellectual Fun April 24, 2006
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
If you love Jane Austen's work as much as I do, then this is a nice way to spend your time testing your perception of her novels and even seeing things you may not have noticed before. I do not recommend it to those students who like to read notes instead of the actual work, they'll surely end up just memorizing facts and not really getting to know the work.
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