EXERCISES FROM PAGE 161

1.
a) This is the man who jumped over the counter and took the money.
b) George turned up late, which wasn't unusual. 
c) We questioned many people, some of whom gave us good descriptions of the robber.
d) That's the house where my aunt and uncle live.
e) Everyone who meets Angela likes her.
f) Many people came to the meeting, some of whom were half an hour late.
g) We eventually found a shepherd's hut where we sheltered from the rain.
h) The train, which was extremely crowded, stopped at every station.
i) This isn't the building (that) I thought the bus stopped outside.

2. Jane Austen
Jane Austen, whose novels feature many clergymen, had two brothers who joined the church, and two others whose careers in the navy are also reflected in her novels, in which several naval officers appear. She also had a sister, Cassandra, with whom she had a close relationship. They exchanged frequent letters, from which historians learned much about what Jane was doing and thinking during a life which was fairly uneventful. All we know about Jane Austen's appearance is based on Cassandra's coloured sketch hanging in the National Portrait Gallery in London. We know Jane was encouraged to write by her brother Henry, who also wrote himself, and that the family borrowed novels from the local library, which influenced Jane's writing. Although Jane Austen wrote during the period of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, what she wrote about was largely confined to what she knew: the manners of mainly well-off people living in small-town society near London, and the problems faced by women in choosing a marriage partner. Her novels also show women who have chosen the wrong partner, or those whose difficult financial situation influences their behaviour.