Literary Authors Trivia Questions
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Which author of 'Heart of Darkness' wrote 'Nostromo', a novel set in the fictional country of Costaguana?
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joseph conrad
Who is the author whose novel 'Red Badge of Courage' first appeared in a shortened form in the Philadelphia press?
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stephen crane
In a 1997 play, Stacie Chaiken starred as Constance, the wife of which author known for writing 'The Importance of Being Earnest'?
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oscar wilde
Which author, who wrote 'Gone with the Wind', was 10 years old before she learned the South had lost the Civil War?
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margaret mitchell
Who is the author of both Joseph Andrews and Tom Jones?
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henry fielding
Which author wrote over 100 books, beginning with his first Perry Mason novel in 1938 until his death in 1970?
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erle stanley gardner
Which author, known for writing 'Lolita,' also wrote verse plays such as 'Dedushka' under the pseudonym V. Sirin?
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vladimir nabokov
Who is the author that created the character Ichabod Crane, a schoolteacher in Sleepy Hollow?
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washington irving
Who is the author of 'The Spectre Bridegroom' and 'Rip Van Winkle' featured in 'The Sketch Book'?
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washington irving
Who was the author of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' and the subject of the 1941 biography 'Crusader in Crinoline'?
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harriet beecher stowe
Which author penned the line, 'What was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of the house of Usher?'
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edgar allan poe
Which author wrote the 5 'Leatherstocking Tales' that portray Natty Bumppo from his youth to his death over 60 years later?
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james fenimore cooper
Who is the author of 'My Antonia' who set her last novel, 'Sapphira And The Slave Girl', in her home state of Virginia?
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willa cather
Which 19th century author, who passed away in 1928, wrote novels like 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles' entirely in the 1800s?
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thomas hardy
Who wrote the 1846 novel 'Typee', which was based on his experiences after deserting a whaling ship in the South Pacific?
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herman melville
Who is the author of a biography of Earl Warren and biographical novels such as 'The Agony and the Ecstasy'?
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irving stone
Who is the author of the novel 'The Adventures of Philip' known for also writing 'Vanity Fair'?
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william makepeace thackeray
Which author, known for creating the nameless Continental Op, wrote before the characters Nick & Nora Charles?
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dashiell hammett
Who is the author of the novels 'A Pair of Blue Eyes' (1873) and 'Far From the Madding Crowd'?
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thomas hardy
Which author wrote the 1922 novel 'The Beautiful and Damned', with characters that resemble him and his wife Zelda?
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f. scott fitzgerald
Who is the author that began writing Tarzan books in 1914 and wrote a total of 26?
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edgar rice burroughs
Which author wrote the novel 'Daisy Miller,' which opens at the Trois Couronnes hotel in Vevey, Switzerland?
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henry james
Which author wrote 'Billy Budd' while residing at 104 East 26th Street in Manhattan?
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herman melville
Which author originally spelled his name without an 'E' at the end and wrote 'Omoo'?
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herman melville
Who authored both the Brer Rabbit stories and an autobiography titled 'On the Plantation'?
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joel chandler harris
Who is the author of 'A Clockwork Orange,' which features Alex as a vicious teen narrator?
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anthony burgess
Who is the author of the novel 'August 1914,' which deals with the early days of World War I and also wrote 'The Gulag Archipelago'?
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aleksandr solzhenitsyn
Which author wrote the novel 'Sartoris', his third published work and the first set in Yoknapatawpha County?
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william faulkner
Who is the author whose first novel was 'The Man Within' and later wrote 'The Third Man'?
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graham greene
Who is the author of 'Eyeless in Gaza', a book that features a character named Beavis?
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aldous huxley
Who is the author known for both 'Death in Venice' and 'Dr. Faustus'?
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thomas mann
Who is the author of 'The Enormous Room' and the poem 'anyone lived in a pretty how town'?
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e. e. cummings
Which novelist wrote 'The Mill on the Floss', featuring Dorlcote Mill, which resembles Arbury Estate from her childhood?
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george eliot
Who is the author of 'Riders of the Purple Sage' with a four-letter first name?
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zane grey
Who wrote 'The Europeans'?
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henry james
Who is the author of the first novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
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harper lee
Who wrote the 'Barrack-Room Ballads,' which include 'Mandalay' and 'Gunga Din'?
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rudyard kipling
Who is the author of the 1886 novel 'The Bostonians', which features the character Olive Chancellor?
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henry james
Which author has written about the South in books like 'Delta Wedding' and 'The Optimist's Daughter'?
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eudora welty
Which author wrote the novel in which Isadora Wing takes flight and disappears into the wild blue yonder, titled 'Any Woman's Blues'?
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erica jong
Which author, who wrote 'Deliverance,' served in both World War II and the Korean War?
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james dickey
Which novelist, who wrote 'Rage Of Angels', can be heard reading 'The Sands Of Time'?
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sidney sheldon
Who is the author of 6 sequels to 'Anne of Green Gables' whose adult fiction did not sell well?
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lucy maud montgomery
Who is the author of 'Jitterbug Perfume' known as the 'King of Underground Farce'?
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tom robbins
Who wrote 'The Young Lions', featuring the character Diestl, a Nazi ski instructor?
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irwin shaw
Who is the ex-MP who wrote the book 'The Prodigal Daughter' where Abel's daughter becomes the Vice President of the United States?
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jeffrey archer
What author might your dog be eager to meet after you read 'All Creatures Great and Small'?
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james herriot
Which author is known for writing works such as 'The Little Match Girl' and 'The Little Mermaid'?
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hans christian andersen
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