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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.Am I right that Financial Fraud 2. is the only uncertainty? Are we completely happy with Riceyman Steps for Shops 1? Fantastic work on Black Beauty. By the way, for those of you who enjoy this sort of thing (like me) Wikipedia has a great list of eponymous heroes in literature (even though Black Beauty doesn't figure).
Shops 1. Not sure Rosemary and Gordon actually lived together above the bookshop. I thought only he did. Could have been Gordon and his aspidistra?? Anyone more familiar with the plot? I am still curently favouring Riceyman Steps.
What's happened to whiskypriest and raythegrey this year? Perhaps they can solve these final tricky questions!
What's happened to whiskypriest and raythegrey this year? Perhaps they can solve these final tricky questions!
Fraud 2 : Could it be 'Maud' by Alfred Lord Tennyson? The narrator's father and his family have been ruined by the old lord of the hall, he falls in love with Maud, the old lord's daaughter, there is an assignation in a garden, Maud's brother dies. It has also been reprised recently on radio 4. Whatchthink?
All Fraud 2. I think I may have it. If we assume that they are being tricky and by fatal they mean fateful rather than the more ominous meaning, then a fatal assignation in a garden sounds very like the end of Great Expectations. This ties up with the daughter of a Victorian swindler as we know that Estella's real father is Magwitch....what do you think?
Yes, Flapwing, I agree with you. I was also wondering about 'Maud' but hadn't read the entire poem. Fantastic! I'm pretty sure we've done now but will watch this space for a bit longer in case anyone comes up with a more persuasive answer to Shops 1. Meanwhile, good luck and we'll reconvene next year!