Literary Trivia

[jon-nyc]

@Catseye3 said in Literary Trivia:

I did. But I understand that you can't answer the question without giving away the answer.

That particular book is almost unknown, the author is still widely read. Other books he or she wrote.

[Catseye3]

Ah. Right.

I came up with one possibility, but it fails #2.

[LuFins Dad]

I don’t think Jolly read the second (serious) half of Aqua’s answer. Was it Mark Twain’s Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc?

[Klaus]

@Jolly said in Literary Trivia:

1. The author is among the most famous. Ever.
2. The book was extremely popular for many years, then fell out of favor and is almost unknown.
3. The book was the author's favorite work.
4. The author is still read by millions every year, even though he has been dead many years.
5. The book is totally unlike what the author is known for.

There are the five clues...Who is the author and what is the title of the book?

God's New Testament.

1. Famous? Check.
2. Used to be popular but not so much anymore? Check.
3. Author's favorite work? Hard to tell, but why not.
4. Still read, author dead? Yep. According to Nietzsche, the author was murdered in the 19th century.
5. Unlike what the author is known for? Check. Very out of character for the author of the Old Testament.

[Copper]

Literary Trivia

Who remembers this prolific author?

[Jolly]

@LuFins-Dad said in Literary Trivia:

I don’t think Jolly read the second (serious) half of Aqua’s answer. Was it Mark Twain’s Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc?

No.

But another clue...Samuel Clemens never met the author, but the same promoter booked both Clemens and the author's American speaking tours...

[89th]

Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield?

[Catseye3]

That's half my guess.

[Kincaid]

Aqua could be right, and Jolly could be just muddying the waters by mentioning Samuel Clemens the person separate from Mark Twain the pen name.

[Jolly]

Another clue...As of 1993, there have been 48 movies based on or inspired by the author's most famous works...

[Doctor Phibes]

Conan Doyle, maybe? He wrote historical fiction which is mostly forgotten.

[Jolly]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Literary Trivia:

Conan Doyle, maybe? He wrote historical fiction which is mostly forgotten.

You got the author!

Now what was his favorite work?

[Catseye3]

Okay, since we're all announcing our guesses out loud, then I will too.

I'm guessing A Christmas Carol. Except I don't think it is "almost unknown".

[Doctor Phibes]

I think I know the answer, but obviously I had to Google, hence the spoiler alert. Even then it wasn't wasn't that easy.

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The White Company

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[Jolly]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Literary Trivia:

I think I know the answer, but obviously I had to Google, hence the spoiler alert. Even then it wasn't wasn't that easy.

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The White Company

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You are correct!

[Doctor Phibes]

My mum was the school nurse at Stoneyhurst, the Jesuit college he attended, although not at the same time as him I should hasten to add. Also on the roles was a certain individual named Moriarty.

[89th]

Man, thought I had it with Copperfield.

[Jolly]

If you wish to read the book...

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/903