John Sutherland is Lord Northcliffe Professor Emeritus at University College London and an eminent scholar in the field of Victorian fiction, author of many works including The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction. He has also written the bestselling popular titles Is Heathcliff a Murderer? and Can Jane Eyre be Happy?, and such scholarly jeux d”esprit as Curiosities of Literature.
62 كتب إلكترونية بواسطة John Sutherland
Stephen Spender: New Selected Journals, 1939-1995
Private faces in public places Are wiser and nicer Than public faces in private places. W.H. Auden, dedication to Stephen Spender, 1932Stephen Spender wrote almost a million words of journal entries …
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John Sutherland: Last Drink to LA
Thirty-one years ago John Sutherland nearly lost everything to drink. It was time to sober up. Or die. Last Drink To LA is part reportage, part confession – not a temperance tale (told to terrify, in …
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John Sutherland: How Good Is Your Grammar?
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 …
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Jon Sutherland: Brontesaurus
Did Charlotte Bronte take opium? Did the Reverend Bronte carry a loaded pistol? What, precisely, does ‘wuthering’ mean?Distinguished literary critic John Sutherland takes an idiosyncratic look at the …
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Jon Sutherland: Who Is Dracula’s Father?
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 …
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Jon Sutherland: Is Heathcliff a Murderer?
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 noti …
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Jon Sutherland: Can Jane Eyre Be Happy?
'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 …
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Jon Sutherland: Frankenstein’s Brain
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 w …
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John Sutherland: The War On The Old
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 &a …
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John Sutherland: The War on the Young
Intergenerational conflict is a perennial feature of society and capitalism. One side has the youth, the other side has the lion’s share of the wealth, and the good things wealth can bring. In the la …
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Stephen Fender & Jon Sutherland: Love, Sex, Death and Words
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 absorbi …
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Jon Sutherland: The Dickens Dictionary
For fans new and old, an enjoyable tour through the world of Dickens in the hands of a master critic. Charles Dickens, the 'Great Inimitable', created a riotous fictional world that still l …
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Greg Grandin & James Hannam: FREE Icon Books eBook Sampler
Icon Books is an independent British publisher which publishes popular and engaging non-fiction for adults. We’re proud to be part of the Independent Alliance in the UK, publishing companies who shar …
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William Makepeace Thackeray: A Roundabout Manner
Thackeray, author of the masterpiece Vanity Fair, was considered one of the finest writers of the Victorian heyday: Dickens was his closest rival. This anthology covers all of Thackeray’s versatile g …
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John Sutherland: 50 Schlüsselideen Literatur
Eine Entdeckungsreise in die Welt der literarischen Begriffe und Ideen, Stilmittel und Strömungen Mimesis Mehrdeutigkeit Hermeneutik Klassiker Intentionalismus Der affektive Fehlschluss Erzählung ode …
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John Sutherland: Stephen Spender
One of the leading poets and cultural icons of the 20th century, Stephen Spender was a prominent writer, literary critic, and social commentator–and close friend of some of the best-know creative ta …
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Jenny Stringer: Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English
This is a unique new reference book to English-language writers and writing throughout the present century, in all major genres and from all around the world – from Joseph Conrad to Will Self, Virgin …
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John Sutherland: So You Think You Know Thomas Hardy?
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 …
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John Sutherland: Bestsellers
‘I rejoice’, said Doctor Johnson, ‘to concur with the Common Reader.’ For the last century, the tastes and preferences of the common reader have been reflected in the American and British bestseller …
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John Sutherland: Bestsellers
‘I rejoice’, said Doctor Johnson, ‘to concur with the Common Reader.’ For the last century, the tastes and preferences of the common reader have been reflected in the American and British bestseller …
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Wilkie Collins: Woman in White
The Woman in White (1859-60) is the first and greatest `Sensation Novel’. Walter Hartright’s mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white draws him into a vortex of crime, poison, kidnapping …
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Jack London: John Barleycorn
Published in 1913, this harrowing, autobiographical ‘A to Z’ of drinking shattered London’s reputation as a clean-living adventurer and massively successful author of such books as White Fang and The …
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John Sutherland: So You Think You Know Thomas Hardy?
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 …
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Jack London: John Barleycorn
Published in 1913, this harrowing, autobiographical ‘A to Z’ of drinking shattered London’s reputation as a clean-living adventurer and massively successful author of such books as White Fang and The …
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Wilkie Collins: Woman in White
The Woman in White (1859-60) is the first and greatest `Sensation Novel’. Walter Hartright’s mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white draws him into a vortex of crime, poison, kidnapping …
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John Sutherland: Stephen Spender
One of the leading poets and cultural icons of the 20th century, Stephen Spender was a prominent writer, literary critic, and social commentator–and close friend of some of the best-know creative ta …
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Sutherland John Sutherland: Lives of the Novelists
No previous author has attempted a book such as this: a complete history of novels written in the English language, from the genre’s seventeenth-century origins to the present day. In the spirit of D …
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Sutherland John Sutherland: Little History of Literature
A much-loved author brings the world of literature alive for all ages This 'little history' takes on a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels, fro …
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Patricia Highsmith: Talented Mr Ripley
NOW A MAJOR EMMY AWARD-WINNING NETLIX SERIES STARRING ANDREW SCOTTOne of the BBC’s 100 Novels that shaped our world. ‘An outstanding thriller which has deservedly become a classic’ THE TIMES ‘Ripley …
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John Sutherland: Bestsellers (Routledge Revivals)
First published in 1981, this book offers a study of British and American popular fiction in the 1970s, a decade in which the quest for the superseller came to dominate the lives of publishers on bot …
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John Sutherland: Bestsellers (Routledge Revivals)
First published in 1981, this book offers a study of British and American popular fiction in the 1970s, a decade in which the quest for the superseller came to dominate the lives of publishers on bot …
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John Sutherland: The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction
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 …
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John Sutherland: The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction
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 …
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John Sutherland: Victorian Fiction: Writers, Publishers, Readers
The proportion of Victorian novels in print today represents only a tiny fraction of what was published by this vast writing industry. Exact figures will never be known but we can estimate that aroun …
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John Sutherland: Blue
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 Sut …
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John Sutherland: Lives of the Novelists
Arranged in chronological order, the novelist’s lives are opinionated, informative, frequently funny and often shocking. Professor Sutherland’s authors come from all over the world; their writings il …
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Nicola Barker & Dylan Evans: The Seven Deadly Sins : A Celebration of Virtue and Vice
We live with the idea of sin every day – from the greatest transgressions to the tiniest misdemeanours. But surely the concept was invented for an age where divine retribution and eternal punishment …
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Robert Louis Stevenson: Black Arrow
Caught in the midst of England’s War of the Roses, young Dick Shelton’s loyalties are torn between a guardian who betrays him and the leader of the secret fellowship, "The Black Arrow". the …
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John Sutherland & H. G. Wells: History of Mr Polly
Mr Polly is an ordinary middle-aged man who is tired of his wife’s nagging and his dreary job as the owner of a regional gentleman’s outfitters. Faced with the threat of bankruptcy, he concludes that …
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John Sutherland & William Thackeray: History of Henry Esmond
‘What spectacle is more august than that of a great king in exile? Who is more worthy of respect than a brave man in misfortune?’ When "Henry Esmond" appeared in 1852, noted writers and cri …
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M P Shiel: Purple Cloud
Dark, desolate and fantastical, The Purple Cloud was a pioneer in the genre of apocalyptic novels, and the first great science fiction work of the twentieth century. It inspired authors such as H. P. …
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John Sutherland: How to be Well Read
‘Generous, enjoyable and well informed.’ Observer’500 expertly potted plots and personal comments on a wide range of pop and proper prose fiction.’ The Times__________________________________________ …
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John Sutherland: Curiosities of Literature
How much heavier was Thackeray’s brain than Walt Whitman’s? Which novels do American soldiers read? When did cigarettes start making an appearance in English literature? And, while we’re about it, wh …
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John Crace & John Sutherland: Incomplete Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing
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 anniver …
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John Crace & John Sutherland: Incomplete Shakespeare: Macbeth
Give me the daggers and I ll pin the blame/ On Duncan s grooms who both are also slain. /A little water clears us of this deed /Though a large scotch might also do the trick… To celebrate the 400th …
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John Crace & John Sutherland: Incomplete Shakespeare: Hamlet
Alas poor Yorick, he looks not at all well. I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, though sadly finite breath. Though thy gibes be still, yet still thou grins.I seldom saw thy teeth look qui …
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John Crace & John Sutherland: Incomplete Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet
Cease I say, cantankerous old fools /Thy deeds hath made our streets a no go zone /No more shall Montagues and Capulets /Enact their West Side Story Sharks and Jets /Or else shall pay the forfeit of …
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Sutherland John Sutherland: Orwell’s Nose
In 2012 writer John Sutherland permanently lost his sense of smell. At about the same time, he embarked on a rereading of George Orwell and-still coping with his recent disability-noticed something p …
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John Sutherland: Jumbo
Born in 1861 in French Sudan, imported to Paris as a two year old calf, then later sold to the London Zoo at Regent’s Park, Jumbo the elephant delighted countless children (including Winston Churchil …
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John Sutherland: Curiosities of Literature
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 his attention to …
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John Sutherland: Crossing the Line
A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK ‘A love letter to police officers and the most vulnerable people they protect and serve’ CHRISTIE WATSON, author of THE LANGUAGE OF KINDNESS’Extraordinary . . . urgent and …
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John Sutherland: Monica Jones, Philip Larkin and Me
‘A brilliant biography – John Sutherland has brought Monica Jones to life as she deserves.’ Claire Tomalin’Eye-opening… in this account [Monica Jones] comes alive.’ The Sunday Times Monica Jones wa …
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Robert Louis Stevenson: Treasure Island
The adventure story told in Treasure Island has become a part of popular folklore. John Sutherland discusses the novel s place in Stevenson s biography and oeuvre in his learned and lively critical i …
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Anthony Trollope: He Knew He Was Right
Widely regarded as one of Trollope’s most successful later novels, He Knew He Was Right is a study of marriage and of sexual relationships cast against a background of agitation for women’s rights. A …
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Anton Chekhov: Shooting Party
When a young woman dies during a shooting party at the country estate of a dissolute count, a magistrate is called upon to investigate. The mystery deepens and suspicion falls more widely as it emerg …
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Wilkie Collins: Armadale
When the elderly Allan Armadale makes a terrible confession on his death-bed, he has little idea of the repercussions to come, for the secret he reveals involves the mysterious Lydia Gwilt: flame-hai …
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Anthony Trollope: Phineas Finn, The Irish Member
The second of Trollope’s Palliser novels tells of the career of a hot-blooded middle-class politician whose sexual energies bring him much success with women. …
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John Sutherland: Siege
‘You know you’re in the presence of an expert when you read The Siege. A gripping debut novel.’ Jeffrey Archer Nine hostages. Ten hours. One chance to save them all. Lee James Connor has found his pu …
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John Sutherland: Fallen
ARE YOU READY TO SAVE A LIFE?WHY HER? Becca Palmer has just lost her job as assistant to Simon Jones MP – the highly-regarded Policing Minister, tipped as a future Prime Minister. But Becca claims th …
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John Sutherland: Triggered Literature
Amid the flames of the culture wars, politicians have taken up arms over controls on literary culture, spurred on in part by universities ‘triggering’ canonical texts. Jonathan Swift’s ‘Battle of the …
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John Sutherland: 50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know
In a series of 50 accessible essays, John Sutherland introduces and explains the important forms, concepts, themes and movements in literature, drawing on insights and examples from both classic and …
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