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Crystal Clarke as Miss Lambe in PBS's new 'Sanditon', airing 9pm on Sunday nights on KQED 9. Masterpiece PBS
Crystal Clarke as Miss Lambe in PBS's new 'Sanditon', airing 9pm on Sunday nights on KQED 9. (Masterpiece PBS)

Bookworms, How Many of These Surprising Jane Austen Facts Can You Guess?

Bookworms, How Many of These Surprising Jane Austen Facts Can You Guess?

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If there’s one thing we here at KQED love more than a good book, it’s a good trivia test.

To mark the arrival of PBS’s new Sunday night costume drama Sanditon—based on an unfinished novel by Jane Austen—we’ve put together this uncommon Austen quiz. It’s full of excellent facts about her life and works that may surprise you … but how many can you get right?


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