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Literary Trivia

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  • LuFins DadL 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?

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    @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...

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield?

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        That's half my guess.

        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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          #18

          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. 🙂

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

            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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            • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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              Conan Doyle, maybe? He wrote historical fiction which is mostly forgotten.

              I was only joking

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              • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

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

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                @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?

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                  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".

                  Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                    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 was only joking

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                    • Doctor PhibesD 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.

                      :::

                      The White Company

                      :::

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                      @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!

                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                        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.

                        I was only joking

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                          Man, thought I had it with Copperfield.

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                            If you wish to read the book...

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

                            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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