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In this quirky and intriguing book, John Sutherland has conveniently gathered together thirty-four nagging little questions, puzzles, errors, and enigmas from some of the best-loved examples of Victorian fiction. Readers often have stumbled upon seeming mysteries in their favorite novels. Why, for example, is the plot of The Woman in White irrevocably flawed? (The timing of the crime is off.) Is the hero of George Eliot's Middlemarch illegitimate? (Probably, although he was later legitimized.) Why does the otherwise sensible Jane Eyre give in to a sudden and unexplained outburst of superstition? (Charlotte Bronte, in reality, had a similar experience.) What is the real reason we find The Picture of Dorian Gray so disturbing? (There is an overwhelming emphasis on the sense of smell.) These answers and more can all be found in John Sutherland's entertaining and maddening book. When it comes to literary criticism there's really nothing quite like the joys of close reading and good-natured inquiry. This is the spirit in which Is Heathcliff A Murderer was conceived and executed. Rather than trying to catch great authors in mistakes, Sutherland usually turns up perfectly plausible reasons for the seeming anomalies. Everyone who reads nineteenth-century novels will thoroughly enjoy John Sutherland's exploration of the seemingly unanswered, and each chapter is a direct link to one of Oxford's World's Classics.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0192834681
ISBN-13
9780192834683
eBay Product ID (ePID)
944981

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Book Title
Is Heathcliff a Murderer? : Great Puzzles in Nineteenth-Century Fiction
Author
John Sutherland
Format
Uk-Trade PAPER
Language
English
Topic
Quizzes, Puzzles, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Games & Activities, Literary Criticism
Number of Pages
268 Pages

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Item Length
5.1in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
7.7in
Item Weight
8.1 Oz

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Pr4168
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"Did Heathcliff kill the brother of Catherine Earnshaw in 'Wuthering Heights'? Was the second husband of Dorothea Brooke born out of wedlock in 'Middlemarch'? Is 'The Adventure of the Speckeled Band' a veiled story of incest? These questions might sound like headlines from a tabloid called the Victorian Enquirer. But one of Britain's most respected literary scholars makes a plausable, if speculative, case for each of them in a fascinating collection of essays on 34 classic novels or short stories."--The Plain Dealer "A stimulating discussion."--The Economist "An enjoyable and shameless puff for the OxfordWorld's Classicsseries....This is a series of mini-essays on some of the great conundrums of Victorian literature. The highlight is reached, perhaps, in a learned disquisition of the exact composition of the street dirt in Bleak House. The book should have been twice as long."--The Oldie, 'An enjoyable and shameless puff for the Oxford World's Classic series ... this is a series of mini-essays on some of the great conundrums of Victorian literature. The highlight is reached, perhaps, in a learned disquisition of the exact composition of the street dirt in Bleak House. The bookshould have been twice as long.'The Oldie, "Did Heathcliff kill the brother of Catherine Earnshaw in 'Wuthering Heights'? Was the second husband of Dorothea Brooke born out of wedlock in 'Middlemarch'? Is 'The Adventure of the Speckeled Band' a veiled story of incest? These questions might sound like headlines from a tabloid called the Victorian Enquirer. But one of Britain's most respected literary scholars makes a plausable, if speculative, case for each of them in a fascinating collection of essays on 34 classic novels or short stories."--The Plain Dealer "A stimulating discussion."--The Economist "An enjoyable and shameless puff for the Oxford World's Classics series....This is a series of mini-essays on some of the great conundrums of Victorian literature. The highlight is reached, perhaps, in a learned disquisition of the exact composition of the street dirt in Bleak House. The book should have been twice as long."--The Oldie, "Did Heathcliff kill the brother of Catherine Earnshaw in 'Wuthering Heights'? Was the second husband of Dorothea Brooke born out of wedlock in 'Middlemarch'? Is 'The Adventure of the Speckeled Band' a veiled story of incest? These questions might sound like headlines from a tabloid called the Victorian Enquirer. But one of Britain's most respected literary scholars makes a plausable, if speculative, case for each of them in a fascinating collection of essays on 34 classic novels or short stories."-- The Plain Dealer "A stimulating discussion."-- The Economist "An enjoyable and shameless puff for the Oxford World's Classics series....This is a series of mini-essays on some of the great conundrums of Victorian literature. The highlight is reached, perhaps, in a learned disquisition of the exact composition of the street dirt in Bleak House. The book should have been twice as long."-- The Oldie, 'This may not be the sort of criticism that reveals new depths to genius,but it is a stimulating discussion that risks giving pedantry a good name.'The Economist Review, 'This may not be the sort of criticism that reveals new depths to genius, but it is a stimulating discussion that risks giving pedantry a good name.'The Economist Review, 'An enjoyable and shameless puff for the Oxford World's Classic series ...this is a series of mini-essays on some of the great conundrums of Victorianliterature. The highlight is reached, perhaps, in a learned disquisition of theexact composition of the street dirt in Bleak House. The book should have beentwice as long.'The Oldie, 'so deliciously clever that it made me want to spend evening after evening discussing 19th-century novels with its witty, entertaining author - a rare feat for a book of literary criticism'Lucasta Miller, The Independent
Copyright Date
1998
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
823/.809
Series
Oxford World's Classics Ser.
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes

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