Who betrays Elizabeth Bennet? : further puzzles in classic fiction / John Sutherland.
"In Who Betrays Elizabeth Bennet? John Sutherland unravels 34 literary puzzles in a sequel to his works Is Heathcliff a Murderer? and Can Jane Eyre Be Happy? As well as exploring new conundrums, Professor Sutherland revisits some previous puzzles with the help of readers who offer their own ing...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
1999.
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| Series: | Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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| Summary: | "In Who Betrays Elizabeth Bennet? John Sutherland unravels 34 literary puzzles in a sequel to his works Is Heathcliff a Murderer? and Can Jane Eyre Be Happy? As well as exploring new conundrums, Professor Sutherland revisits some previous puzzles with the help of readers who offer their own ingenious solutions and set fresh posers for investigation." "Victorian drug habits, railway systems, sanitation, and dentistry are only a few of the areas that shed light on the motives and circumstances of some of literature's most famous characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Betsey Trotwood, Count Dracula, Anna Karenina, Alice, and many more come under the spotlight in John Sutherland's entertaining collection."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 256 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0585362610 9780585362618 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |