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Sunday Times/Faber Literary Quiz
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Hi all
That time of year again...
My early contribution is the pictures section:
1. Dorothy Edwards
2. Frances Partridge
3. Alison Uttley
4. Joan Bakewell
5. William Golding
6. Muriel Spark
Any offers?
That time of year again...
My early contribution is the pictures section:
1. Dorothy Edwards
2. Frances Partridge
3. Alison Uttley
4. Joan Bakewell
5. William Golding
6. Muriel Spark
Any offers?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Hello - Some great answers already - I too from A level memories think answer to Shops 2 is Winston Smith and Julia in 1984 . Was away over weekend and couldn't get copy of Sunday Times so accessed on line. Could anyone let me have the address and closing date for entries? I couldn't see it mentioned on on line (probably my fault). I'm optimistically anticipating an entry! Thanks
Hello all - can this year really have gone so quickly?! Here's what I have that I don't think you mentioned already:
Fraud 4 - Fielding Goodney in Money by Martin Amis
Curses 1 - Leo Colston in the Go Between
Parties 2 - Jay Gatsby (Great Gatsby)
Teachers 3 - Mr Creakle in David Copperfield
Teaches 4 - Josephine Napier in More Women than Men (I Compton Burnett)
Also I though Autheros Deaths 5 might be Solzenitsyn?...
Fraud 4 - Fielding Goodney in Money by Martin Amis
Curses 1 - Leo Colston in the Go Between
Parties 2 - Jay Gatsby (Great Gatsby)
Teachers 3 - Mr Creakle in David Copperfield
Teaches 4 - Josephine Napier in More Women than Men (I Compton Burnett)
Also I though Autheros Deaths 5 might be Solzenitsyn?...
here's a couple of half-ideas, which might jog someone's memory:
Fraud 3 - Is this someone in the Count of Monte Cristo?
Shops 1 - Is this from 'The Shadow of the Wind'? They do live in a second hand bookshop, but I can't remember anything about being Famished
Parties 5 - I have a feeling this could be Russian because of the Name Day; perhaps War & peace?
Fraud 3 - Is this someone in the Count of Monte Cristo?
Shops 1 - Is this from 'The Shadow of the Wind'? They do live in a second hand bookshop, but I can't remember anything about being Famished
Parties 5 - I have a feeling this could be Russian because of the Name Day; perhaps War & peace?
I'm certain that Shops 2 is Winston Smith and Julia in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Mr Charrington, the prole owner of the junkshop above which the two lovers meet regularly, is a member of the Thought Police.
Looking at Curses 4 could it possibly be Voldemort in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows?! I don't have a copy to check but recall something about Voldemort using the Avekedavra (apologies for spelling) curse on Harry.
Looking at Curses 4 could it possibly be Voldemort in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows?! I don't have a copy to check but recall something about Voldemort using the Avekedavra (apologies for spelling) curse on Harry.
I go with The Lady Of Shallot - especially as the question mentions reflections which fits in with her mirror. Any ideas on teachers 2 - I'm trying to think who would fit the description of long-winded. I was thinking about Lucky Jim and Jim Dixon's lecture on Merrie England but he is not long-winded so that's no good!