John Sutherland: 47 books
by John Crace, John Sutherland
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
Benedick: I am man enough to say that I love thee. Is that not strange?
Beatrice: Not really…
Benedick: By my sword, Beatrice thou lovest me.
Beatrice: Get over yourself
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, this is the third of a new collection of the Bard's greatest...
Frankenstein’s Brain
Puzzles and Conundrums in Mary Shelley’s Monstrous Masterpiece
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2018
200 years on from the first publication of Frankenstein, John Sutherland delves into the deepest, darkest corners of Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece to see what strange and terrifying secrets lie within.
Is Victor Frankenstein a member of the Illuminati? Was Mary Shelley really inspired...
Who Is Dracula’s Father?
And Other Puzzles in Bram Stoker’s Gothic Masterpiece
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
When it was first published in 1897 – 120 years ago – Irish author Bram Stoker’s Dracula was ranked by the Daily Mail above work by Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe, as well as Wuthering Heights. Yet it never made
Stoker any money.
Since 1931’s film Nosferatu the Vampire, however, it...
Blue
A Memoir Keeping the Peace and Falling to Pieces
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
A Sunday Times top-five bestseller
'This is a remarkable book . . . profound and deeply moving . . . It has as much to tell us about mental illness as it does about policing' Alastair Stewart
John Sutherland joined the Met in 1992, having dreamed of being a police officer since his teens....
So You Think You Know Thomas Hardy?
A Literary Quizbook
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2005
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...
Love, Sex, Death and Words
Surprising Tales From a Year in Literature
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Love, sex, death, boredom, ecstasy, existential angst, political upheaval - the history of literature offers a rich and varied exploration of the human condition across the centuries. In this absorbing companion to literature's rich past, arranged by days of the year, acclaimed critics and friends...
by 約翰．薩德蘭(John Sutherland)
Language: Chinese
Release Date: March 5, 2018
Language: Chinese
Release Date: March 5, 2018
★耶魯大學出版社知名「小歷史」（Little History）系列★
文學是一種娛樂
傳達生活的面貌、啟發我們去思考；
文學是一場辯論
討論我們的世界，當今的處境和該前往的方向。
閱讀文學，就是閱讀我們自己
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◎「小歷史」：從精妙的小故事，看歷史的大格局
◎歡迎「註冊」英國最懂學生的文學教授為所有人開設的文學公開課，充實你的人文知識！
英語文學研究權威、倫敦大學學院現代英語文學系名譽教授薩德蘭，融合數十年研究文學的心得與教授各年齡層學生的豐富經驗，為當今讀者篩選出構成我們今日文學面貌的最重要作品、作家，揭露隱藏在文學背後的故事、經典的閱讀重點、大師的創作理念，為你打好應對社會的人文學基礎！
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Is Heathcliff a Murderer?
Puzzles in Nineteenth-Century Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER IN A BRAND NEW EDITION
'Enchanting...the most engagingly boffiny book imaginable.' Spectator*** *
Does Becky kill Jos at the end of Vanity Fair? Why does no one notice that Hetty is pregnant in Adam Bede? How, exactly, does Victor Frankenstein make his...
How Good is Your Grammar?
100 quiz questions - The ultimate test to bring you up to scratch
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
John Sutherland, one of Britain's most celebrated professors of English literature, is here to test, stretch, amuse and instruct you with his definitive quiz on all things grammatical.Why do purists insist that 'television' is wrong while 'telephone' is correct? Was Bill Clinton taking risks with...
Can Jane Eyre Be Happy?
More Puzzles in Classic Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
**'Wonderful...concise, witty, effortlessly learned.' *Sunday Times ***
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?
In this new edition sequel...
by John Sutherland
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
The war on the old has been declared.
In the post-Brexit world, intergenerational conflict has become a visible phenomenon. There is an overwhelming sense of blame from younger generations: it was 'the wrinklies', the grey-haired plutocracy, who voted Leave; who are overburdening hospitals,...
Curiosities of Literature
A Feast for Book Lovers
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
“A thoroughly engaging compendium of literary arcadia.” —Nicholas Basbanes, author of A Gentle Madness
When did cigarettes start making an appearance in English literature? Which author’s heart was purportedly eaten by a cat? One of our best-known and best-loved literary critics turns...
by John Sutherland
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2014
With over 900 biographical entries, more than 600 novels synopsized, and a wealth of background material on the publishers, reviewers and readers of the age the Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction is the fullest account of the period's fiction ever published. Now in a second edition, the book...
Lives of the Novelists
A History of Fiction in 294 Lives
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012