Literary Trivia
-
wrote on 8 Aug 2020, 15:23 last edited by
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?
wrote on 8 Aug 2020, 17:27 last edited by Jolly 8 Aug 2020, 17:32@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...
-
wrote on 8 Aug 2020, 17:48 last edited by
Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield?
-
wrote on 8 Aug 2020, 17:49 last edited by
That's half my guess.
-
wrote on 8 Aug 2020, 17:56 last edited by Kincaid 8 Sept 2020, 03:42
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.
-
wrote on 8 Aug 2020, 20:24 last edited by
Another clue...As of 1993, there have been 48 movies based on or inspired by the author's most famous works...
-
wrote on 8 Aug 2020, 20:36 last edited by
Conan Doyle, maybe? He wrote historical fiction which is mostly forgotten.
-
Conan Doyle, maybe? He wrote historical fiction which is mostly forgotten.
wrote on 8 Aug 2020, 20:38 last edited by@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?
-
wrote on 8 Aug 2020, 20:42 last edited by
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".
-
wrote on 8 Aug 2020, 20:45 last edited by Doctor Phibes 8 Aug 2020, 20:46
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.
:::
The White Company
:::
-
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.
:::
The White Company
:::
wrote on 8 Aug 2020, 20:50 last edited by@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.
:::
The White Company
:::
You are correct!
-
wrote on 8 Aug 2020, 20:57 last edited by
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.
-
wrote on 8 Aug 2020, 21:30 last edited by
Man, thought I had it with Copperfield.
-
wrote on 8 Aug 2020, 23:18 last edited by
If you wish to read the book...