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Оглавление1 Which Scottish novelist wrote Ice Station Zebra and The Guns of Navarone?
2 Which 1977 Stephen King novel centres on the aspiring writer Jack Torrance?
3 Which 18th century writer said: “No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money”?
4 Who is the hunter hero of the Zulu trilogy, Marie (1912), Child of Storm (1913) and Finished (1917)?
5 Samuel Butler’s translation of which epic poem opens: “Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles, son of Peleus”?
6 Which children’s author wrote and illustrated the 1990 book Oh, the Places You’ll Go!?
7 Marie Kondo is the Japanese author of the 2011 book The Life-Changing Magic of… what?
8 The Overloaded Ark (1953) was which naturalist’s first book?
9 Alden Pyle is the title character of which 1955 Graham Greene novel?
10 Anastasia “Ana” Steele is the female protagonist of which literary trilogy?
11 Which US novelist wrote Housekeeping, Gilead and Home?
12 Author of The Snowman, which Norwegian crime writer created Harry Hole?
13 Which French-Swiss woman of letters wrote the 1807 novel Corinne?
14 Which Brothers Grimm fairy tale is known as Dornröschen, meaning Little Briar Rose?
15 Rupert of Hentzau was the 1898 sequel to which Ruritanian adventure novel?
16 The Prancing Pony pub in Bree features in the works of which writer?
17 In the Charles Dickens novel, which beadle invents Oliver Twist’s name?
18 Rebecca West’s travelogue Black Lamb and Grey Falcon is about which former country?
19 Which Charlotte Brontë novel ends with the title character marrying the tutor Louis Moore?
20 Which illustrated manuscript is pictured?
