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John Sutherland
So You Think You Know Thomas Hardy?
A Literary Quizbook

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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’svalentine 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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Lingua Inglese ● Formato PDF ● ISBN 9780191516900 ● Casa editrice OUP Oxford ● Pubblicato 2005 ● Scaricabile 6 volte ● Moneta EUR ● ID 2272375 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM

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