Scrambled Stories

[Pendragon]

1. He preceded true science - God, ha ha (sorry)
4. Isolated from humanity’s insane gatherings - Far from the madding crowd
6. Peer of the realm over circular metal - Lord of the Rings (funny )
7. Columns that support Terra - The Pillars of the Earth
8. Smugness plus Bigotry - Pride and Prejudice
9. Royalty keeps a journal - erm, The Princess Diaries?
11. What everyman hopes his daughter finds - A Suitable Boy
13. Tessie of fame - Tess of the d'Urbervilles?
15. The heroine of Wonderland becomes as a metropolis - A Town like Alice
17. The rabbits had a wife problem - Watership Down?
18. Hostilities plus Harmony - War and Peace
19. Piglet’s best friend - Winnie the Pooh

All correct expept number 1, which is true, of course!

[Pendragon]

2. The player behind home is in a grain field - The Catcher in the Rye

Absolutely!

[Bitterfly]

All correct expept number 1, which is true, of course!

Goodness, you've got a lovely sense of humour for a man of God (I posted my little joke, then remembered you were a pastor and was afraid you'd be hurt!!).

Edit: 16. One-legged villain: Treasure Island?

[Pendragon]

Goodness, you've got a lovely sense of humour for a man of God (I posted my little joke, then remembered you were a pastor and was afraid you'd be hurt!!).

Edit: 16. One-legged villain: Treasure Island?

Oui, mademoiselle! I try to have a sense of humor, it isn't all hellfire and brimstone!

[Nightshade]

number one is the alchemist, yes?
3 light magic? -- the colour of magic what was that other book called in that seroies pratchett anyway
20 somthing to do with a witch?

[Pendragon]

number one is the alchemist, yes?
3 light magic? -- the colour of magic what was that other book called in that seroies pratchett anyway
20 somthing to do with a witch?

#1: Yes!
#3: The Colour of Magic, correct!
#20 No, think warlike women

[djy78usa]

5. Cavities in the ground - Holes
12. Stories about Minneapolis and St. Paul - A Tale of Two Cities?
14. Hunting catbirds - To Kill a Mockingbird
20. Birds plus frightening women - Swallows and Amazons

[Pendragon]

5. Cavities in the ground - Holes
12. Stories about Minneapolis and St. Paul - A Tale of Two Cities?
14. Hunting catbirds - To Kill a Mockingbird
20. Birds plus frightening women - Swallows and Amazons

All correct!

I will explain to others about that catbird, it is known as a mockingbird because it sings other birds' songs, Yet it makes it's own distinct cry, like a cat mewing. Good catch there, DJ!

[Pendragon]

Hint on #10: Hermit crabs have no natural home and must search for them.

[Bitterfly]

Tramps like us, by Westmoreland?
or
Nomad, by George Smith?
or
The wanderer (either by Alain-Fournier or by Frances Burney)?
or
Wanderers (by Knut Hansen)?
or
The Usurpers (by Ayala)?
or
One flew over the Cuckoo's nest?

I've put a lot of research into this, so I hope one at least will be correct.

[Pendragon]

Tramps like us, by Westmoreland?
or
Nomad, by George Smith?
or
The wanderer (either by Alain-Fournier or by Frances Burney)?
or
Wanderers (by Knut Hansen)?
or
The Usurpers (by Ayala)?
or
One flew over the Cuckoo's nest?

I've put a lot of research into this, so I hope one at least will be correct.

One more hint. What sort of homes do hermit crabs search for?

[Pendragon]

OK. Number 10 was The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pitcher

New List:

1. The Container Kicked the Bucket
2. Orbs Raised to Heaven "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
3. Lot’s Wife Might have Lived Here "Cities of SalT"
4. Desire for Food "Hunger"
5. Childhood, for Example "The Age of Innocence"
6. We Don’t Know Him "The Stranger"
7. Litigation "The Trial"
8. Sires and Male Offspring"Fathers and Sons"
9. Hester Wore It, Not So Well "The Scarlet Letter"
10. Gilded Writing Pad "The Golden Notebook"
11. USA Calamity "An American Tragedy"
12. Friday Did All the Work "Robinson Crusoe"
13. Or Slumber, or Sloth
14. Could Have Been Blood
15. Stop Them In Anger, Make Raging Wine "The Grapes of Wrath"
16. Ultimate Incarnation of the Superfluous Man "Oblomov"
17. Rising In the Morning After a Good Night’s Sleep "The Awakening"
18. A Tragically Confused Jewish Intellectual Sending Out Letters "Herzog"
19. Set in the Fictitious South American Republic of "Costaguana” "Nostromo"
20. Could Be Alaska, I Suppose

[Bitterfly]

[QUOTE=Pendragon;641587]OK. Number 10 was The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pitcher
I was missing these!

3. Lot’s Wife Might have Lived Here - The 120 days of Sodom?
4. Desire for Food - Gluttony
8. Sires and Male Offspring - Sons and Lovers
9. Hester Wore It, Not So Well - The Scarlet Letter
10. Gilded Writing Pad - The Golden Notebook
11. USA Calamity -An American Tragedy
12. Friday Did All the Work - Robinson Crusoe
18. A Tragically Confused Jewish Intellectual Sending Out Letters - Portnoy's Complaint?
19. Set in the Fictitious South American Republic of "Costaguana” - Nostromo

[Pendragon]

[QUOTE=Bitterfly;641652]

OK. Number 10 was The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pitcher
I was missing these!

3. Lot’s Wife Might have Lived Here - The 120 days of Sodom?
4. Desire for Food - Gluttony
8. Sires and Male Offspring - Sons and Lovers
9. Hester Wore It, Not So Well - The Scarlet Letter
10. Gilded Writing Pad - The Golden Notebook
11. USA Calamity -An American Tragedy
12. Friday Did All the Work - Robinson Crusoe
18. A Tragically Confused Jewish Intellectual Sending Out Letters - Portnoy's Complaint?
19. Set in the Fictitious South American Republic of "Costaguana” - Nostromo

Let's see here:
3: has more to do with what she turned into and
4:Gluttony is overeating, not desire
8: um, you might want to check on the meaning of "Sires"
9, 10, 11, 12: Very correct!
18: No, the man's last name only is the title of the book
19: Correct!

[Bitterfly]

Sorry,, I went too fast!
Fathers and Sons (Turgenev, no?) for 8.
And Herzog!! for 18.
And Hunger (Hansen), for 4.