British Literature Trivia Questions
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Who had her lover and future husband Percy edit her first novel, 'Frankenstein'?
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mary shelley
Who is the author of the book 'Kim' featuring the character Hurree Chunder Mookerjee as a Secret Service agent?
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rudyard kipling
Which great dramatist wrote 'Tamburlaine the Great' and 'The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus'?
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christopher marlowe
In which novel does Mr. Rochester have 'a fine bass voice, and an excellent taste for music'?
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jane eyre
Which future husband did Elizabeth Barrett mention in her poem 'Lady Geraldine's Courtship' before they met?
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robert browning
Which author, famous for 'Of Human Bondage', wrote 'Liza of Lambeth', a novel that became a musical in 1976?
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w. somerset maugham
Which author wrote 'The Mill on the Floss,' featuring a mill that resembles Arbury Mill from her childhood?
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george eliot
Which British author based his novel 'Heart of Darkness' on his own disastrous trip to the Congo in 1890?
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joseph conrad
Who is the author known for writing about characters such as Gunga Dass and Gunga Din?
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rudyard kipling
Which poet, known for his connection to the Lake District and Dove Cottage near Grasmere, is celebrated by fans visiting this historic site?
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william wordsworth
In which Dickens novel does the character Abel Magwitch attempt to improve Pip's life?
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great expectations
What is the full name of the British novelist and satirist known by the middle name Makepeace?
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william makepeace thackeray
Who wrote 'The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with S. Johnson, LL.D.' before his 'Life' of Samuel Johnson?
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james boswell
In 1972, which file did Frederick Forsyth release that pertains to former SS officers?
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odessa file
Which pre-Raphaelite poet and painter exhumed some of his poems years after they were buried with his wife?
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dante gabriel rossetti
What is the title of the 1819 novel by Sir Walter Scott, which features a character named Wilfred?
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ivanhoe
Which British poet expanded 'The Rape of the Lock' from 2 cantos to 5 in 1714, two years after it was first published?
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alexander pope
Which British author revised her work 'Northanger Abbey' in 1816 after initially planning to publish it in 1803?
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jane austen
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