Literary Trivia

[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