7 and 14, absolutely. :thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by PabloQ
11: No, a lady here.
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7 and 14, absolutely. :thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by PabloQ
11: No, a lady here.
8. I'm not in the habit of using words like bawdy or rollicking, but if you look them up in the dictionary, you should see a picture of this book - Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a woman of pleasure?
Quite so! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bitterfly
For the record, 11 was Moll Flanders :D
New List: All these are top 100 novels and all clues are direct quotes or book seller blurbs.
1. A portrait of the Jazz Age in all of its decadence and excess. The Great Gadsby
2. A tale of the Compson family's pathology and love and incest and general tragedy. The Sound and the Fury
3. This splendid novel is set in the tumultuous Soviet Union of the 1930s during the treason trials Darkness at noon
4. In this novel that bond is reciprocated by a son whose entire being is directed by, even dependent on mom.
5. "Community, Identity, Stability" is the motto. Brave New World
6. Airstrip One is part of the vast political entity Oceania 1984
7. Revolves around various members of the Ramsay family during visits to their summer residence
8. The heroine is the strange young girl, Mick Kelly
9. Revealed the pain of a black man's existence in a white world. The Invisible Man
10. The novel examines the midlife crisis of Eugene Henderson, an unhappy millionaire. Henderson the Rain King
11. Depicts the strange, secret lives of the inhabitants of a small town. Winesberg, Ohio
12. What really happened in the Marabar caves? A Passage to India
13. Recounts the continental journey of Louis Lambert Strether--a fifty-something man of the world.The Ambassadors
14. Transformed the conventional "fallen woman" story into a bold and truly innovative piece of fiction when it appeared in 1900.
15. Jack Burden is the former newspaperman who learns from Gov. Willie Stark. All the King's Men
16. Set during World War II in a bleak area of West Africa, the novel concerns the moral dilemmas facing Scobie. The Heart of the Matter
17. The setting is the Georgia wilderness, where the state’s most remote white-water river awaits. Deliverance
18. Written in gritty, journalistic detail, the story follows a platoon of Marines who are stationed on the Japanese-held island of Anopopei. The Naked and the Dead
19. The novel is based on the lives of Bishop Jean Baptiste L'Amy and his vicar Father Joseph Machebeut.
20. Alex, the protagonist, has a passion for classical music and is a member of a vicious teenage gang. A Clockwork Orange
1 The Beautiful and Damned
5 Animal Farm
6 1984
13 The Ambassadors
15 All the King's Men
17. Deliverance
20 A Clockwork Orange
1: Gad, no!Quote:
Originally Posted by PabloQ
5: Brave try, but no.
6, 13, 15, 17, 20 Yes indeed! :thumbs_up
Um, BUMP? :(
1. The Great Gatsby
9. Invisible Man
18. The Naked and the Dead
1: Gad, yes! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by PabloQ
9: True dat! :thumbs_up
18: Of Course! :)
2. A tale of the Compson family's pathology and love and incest and general tragedy. The Sound and the Fury
3. This splendid novel is set in the tumultuous Soviet Union of the 1930s during the treason trials Darkness at Noon
5. "Community, Identity, Stability" is the motto. Brave New World
12. What really happened in the Marabar caves? A Passage to India
16. Set during World War II in a bleak area of West Africa, the novel concerns the moral dilemmas facing Scobie. The Heart of the Matter
Very very good! Yes to all! :thumbs_up:)Quote:
Originally Posted by djy78usa
10 Henderson the Rain King
11 Winesburg, Ohio (?)
Yes to both, although I would have accepted Shadow over Innsmouth for number 11, after rethinking my post. Sherwood Anderson was from this area, and is, in fact, buried here in town! :):)Quote:
Originally Posted by PabloQ
These are still up for grabs.
4. In this novel that bond is reciprocated by a son whose entire being is directed by, even dependent on mom.
7. Revolves around various members of the Ramsay family during visits to their summer residence
8. The heroine is the strange young girl, Mick Kelly
14. Transformed the conventional "fallen woman" story into a bold and truly innovative piece of fiction when it appeared in 1900.
19. The novel is based on the lives of Bishop Jean Baptiste L'Amy and his vicar Father Joseph Machebeut.
sigh... I suppose I shall have to post hints. Google might help... :(
Ok, I cheated and Googled
7. To the Lighthouse
8. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
19. Death Comes to the Archbishop
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Originally Posted by PabloQ
Correct all three, and I don't consider Google cheating! :D
4: Was Sons and Lovers by DH Lawrence
14: Was Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
I shall make a new list soon. :D
Someone help me out here and make a new list... :(