Sunday, September 21, 2008

Quiz Results etc.

Before I write anything else, this cake-related link has made me laugh more than anything in ages.... enjoy!

I was very impressed by everyone in the quiz, I don't think I'd have done nearly so well, even though I did pick books I'd read, mostly. Between you, all the answers were found. For those still wanting to have a go, look away now...

1. Antony and Cleopatra - William Shakespea
re
2. Pamela - Samuel Richardson
3. Emma - Jane Austen
4. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

5. Shirley - Charlotte Bronte
6. Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
7. Lady Windermere's Fan
8. Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf
9. Lady Chatterley's Lover - DH Lawrence
10. Mary Poppins - PL Travers
11. Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
12. Mrs. McGinty's Dead - Agatha Christie
13. Lolita - Vladimir Nabakov
14. Cider With Rosie - Laurie Lee

15. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Muriel Spark
16. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? - Edward Albee
17. Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt
18. Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding

19. Charlotte Gray - Sebastian Faulks
20. The Jane Austen Book Club - Karen Joy Fowler
21. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox - Maggie O'Farrell


Well done all!
Now, to open it up, which books in your collection did I miss out?
Others I could have included from my bookshelves...

Miss Hargreaves - Frank Baker
Lesley Castle - Jane Austen
Lady Susan - Jane Austen
Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day - Winifred Watson
Lady Rose and Mrs. Memmary - Ruby Ferguson
Miss Ranskill Comes Home - Barbara Euphan Todd
Mariana - Monica Dickens
Enter-Patricia
- Richmal Crompton
Naomi Godstone
- Richmal Crompton
Felicity Stands By
- Richmal Crompton
Millicent Dorrington
- Richmal Crompton
Mrs. Frensham Describes A Circle - Richmal Crompton
Marriage of Hermione - Richmal Crompton
The Odyssey of Euphemia Tracey - Richmal Crompton
Matty and the Dearingroydes - Richmal Crompton (you get the idea with RC!)
Liza's England - Pat Barker
Mapp and Lucia - EF Benson
Mrs. Darcy's Dilemma - Diana Birchall
Mary Barton - Elizabeth Gaskell
Ruth - Elizabeth Gaskell
Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote
Fenny - Lettice Cooper
Mrs. Harter - EM Delafield
Messalina of the Suburbs - EM Delafield
Sister Carrie - Thomas Dreiser
The Memoirs of Letitia Horsepole - John Fuller
Eustace and Hilda - LP Hartley
Winsome Winnie and other nonsense novels - Stephen Leacock
Chloe Marr - AA Milne
Michael and Mary - AA Milne
Clara Hopgood - Mark Rutherford
Vanessa and Virginia - Susan Sellers
Cluny Brown - Margery Sharp
Young Mrs. Savage - DE Stevenson
Mrs. Miniver - Jan Struther
At Mrs. Lippincote's - Elizabeth Taylor
The Ballad of Sylvia and Ted - Emma Tennant
Miss Bunting - Angela Thirkell
Sylva - Vercors
Miss Mole - EH Young



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