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Literary Facts Flashcards

1
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Bestselling book of all time

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The Bible

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Second-Best Selling book of all time

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Quotations of Mao Tse-Tung

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Bestselling Continuously Updated Book of all time

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Guinness Book of World Records

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Storyteller from Thrace

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Aesop

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Virgil WRites that this man is the ancestor of all romans

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Aeneas

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5th or 6th Century Saxon Saga

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Beowulf

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First century satire of roman empire

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Satyricon

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Beowulf Monster

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Grendel

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8th Century Anglo-Saxon Monk and Translator

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Venerable Bede

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William 1 Survey of England, 1085

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Domesday Book

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Classic Medieval Mortality Plays

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Everyman

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14th Century “Father of English Lit”

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Geoffrey Chaucer

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13
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The Wife of Bath Appears in this book

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The Canterbury Tales

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Crystal City is in this work

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Pilgrim’s Progress – is a Christian allegory written by John Bunyan and published in February, 1678. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature

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1653 Book on Fishing

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The Compleat Angler

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16
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Dante’s Love

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Beatrice

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Samuel Johnson Biographer

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James Bozwell –
arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history
James Boswell’s Life of Samuel Johnson.[2]

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18
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Milton Work about the fall of Satan

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Paradise Lost

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Mephistopheles is the devil in this Work

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Dr. Faustus

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Vlad the Impaler is the basis for this character

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Count Dracula

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21
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Cryano De Bergerac’s Love

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Roxanne

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22
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Sir Galahad’s Father

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Lancelot

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King Arthur’s Island

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Avalon

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Edmond Dantes is this man

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The Count of Monte Cristo

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Don Quixote’s Squire

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Sancho Panza

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Count Vronsky’s Love

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Anna Karenina

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27
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Land in “Lost Horizon”

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Shangri-la

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28
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Subject of the Agony and the Ecstasy

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Michalangelo

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29
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Baroness Orczy’s Hero

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The Scarlet Pimpernel (aka Sir Percy Blakeney,

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30
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Oscar Wilde’s never aging murderer

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Dorian Gray

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31
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C.S. Forester’s Naval hero

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Captain Horatio Hornblower

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32
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Jules Verne’s Captain

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Captain Nemo

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33
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Captain Nemo’s Sub

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Nautilus

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34
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Philease Fogg is in this novel

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Around the world in 80 Days

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35
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Fogg’s Sidekick

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Passepartout

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36
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Creator of the Character Jane Valjean

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Victor Hugo

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37
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Main Character in the Hunchback of Notre Dame

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Quasimodo

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38
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Quasimodo’s love

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Esmeralda

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39
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Character Oliver Mellor was known as

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Lady Chatterley’s Lover (DH Lawrence)

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40
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Philip Nolan is the title character

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The Man Without a Country

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41
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19th Century Writer of Dime Novels

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Ned Buntline

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42
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James Fenimore Cooper’s Hometown

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Cooperstown, NY

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43
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Cooper’s 5-novel Tales

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The Leather-stocking Tales

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44
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The First Leather Stocking Tale

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The Pioneers

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45
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Cooper’s Scout in the Pathfinder and the Deerslayer

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Natty Bumppo

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46
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Natty Bumppo’s Nickname

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Hawkeye

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47
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Cooper’s Last Mohican

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Uncas

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48
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First American Man of Letters, From Tarrytown, NY

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Washington Irving

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49
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Ichabod Crane Appears in this Novel

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The Legend of Sleepy Hallow

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50
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Irving’s Sleepy Hallow Rider

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The Headless Horseman

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51
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Mountains where Rip Van Winkle Slept for 20 years

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The Catskills

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52
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Louisa May Alcott’s Literary Alter Ego

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Jo March

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53
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Salem, Massachusetts Author

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

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54
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She wore the scarlett letter

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Hester Prynne

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55
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Hester Prynne’s Daughter

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Pearl

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56
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Vanity Fair Lady

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Becky Sharp

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57
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Albany NY AUthor

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Herman Melville

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58
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Melville’s award-winning short story

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Billy Budd

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59
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Moby-Dick Story Teller and Sole Survivor

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Ishmael

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60
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First Female Writer in US Writer’s Hall of Fame

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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61
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin Villian

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Simon Legree

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62
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Little Girl for Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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Little Eva

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63
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Sherlock Holme’s Address

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221B Baker Street

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64
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Sherlock Holmes’ Sidekick

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Dr. Watson

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65
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Sherlock Holme’s Arch Villian

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Professor Moriarty

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66
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Author and Anthropologist raised in Samoa

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Margaret Mead

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67
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Scottish Author from Edinburgh

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Sir. Walter Scott

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68
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Scottish Robin Hodd

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Rob Roy

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69
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Innovative 20th Century Irish Novelist

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James Joyce

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70
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Stephan Daedalus is a character in this novel

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Ulysses

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71
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Humbert Humbert is a character in this novel

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lolita

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72
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Alexander Selkirk’s life is the basis for this novel

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Robinson Crusoe

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73
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Author who saw the Alaska gold rush

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Jack London

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74
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Jack London’s Sea Captain

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Wolf Larson (The Sea Wolf)

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75
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Call of the Wild Dog

76
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Scottish Author Who lived in America and Samoa

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Robert Louis Stevenson

77
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Boy in Treasure Island

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Jim Hawkins

78
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Treasure Island Peg-Legged Pirate

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Long John Silver

79
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Author from Hannibal Missouri

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Mark Twain

80
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Mark Twain Title Lawyer

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Pudd’nHead wilson

81
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Tom Sawyer’s Girlfriend

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Becky Thatcher

82
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Tom Sawyer’s Aunt

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Aunt Polly

83
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Huckleberry Finn’s Black Friend

84
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Mark Twain Worked for this author

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Bret Harte

85
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He was Pen-named Boz

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Charles Dickens

86
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Charles Dicken’s Unfinished Novel

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood

87
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The two cities in tale of two cities

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London and Paris

88
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Pop and Mrs. Haversham appear in this novel

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Great Expectations

89
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Uriah Heep appears in this novel

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David Copperfield

90
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Quilp appears in this novel

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the Old Curiosity Shop

91
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Ebeneezer Scrooge’s Deceased Partner

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Jacob Marley (First Ghost)

92
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Bob Cratchit’s Son

93
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Lucy Manett and Sydney Carton are in this novel

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A Tale of Two Cities

94
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Hans Brinker appears in this novel

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The silver skates

95
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English Novelist, Wrote of social injustice and totalitarianism

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George Orwell

96
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Napolean and snowball appear in this novel

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Animal Farm

97
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Big Brother watched Winston smith and Julia in this novel

98
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Hester Prynne and pearl are in this novel

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The scarlet letter

99
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Nicknamed “papa” he commited suicide in Idaho

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Ernest Hemingway

100
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Hemingway’s novel of the Spanish Civil War

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For Whom the Bell Tolls

101
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Hemingway novel of the low generation

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The Sun also rises

102
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Hemingway novel of bullfighting

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Death in the afternoon

103
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Hemingway’s novel of WWi in italy

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A farewell to arms

104
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Character in Old Man and the Sea

105
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Sauk Center, Minnesota Author

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Sinclair Lewis

106
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Town in Our Town

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Grover’s Corners

107
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Sinclair Lewis’ Vermont Doctor

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Arrowsmith

108
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Sinclair Lewis’ Real Estate Agent

109
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Sinclair Lewis’ Novel of European Travels

110
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Monterey, CA Author

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John Steinbeck

111
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Steinbeck Story of Friends in Monterey after WW1

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Tortilla Flat

112
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Stienbeck Popular Short Story

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The Red Pony

113
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Joad Family Appears in this novel

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The Grapes of Wrath

114
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Steinbeck’s Fish Factory Tale

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Cannery Row

115
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Steinbeck’s Poodle Tale

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Travels with Charlie

116
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Adam Trask Appears in This Novel

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East of Eden

117
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Russian-American Author Born in St. Petersburg

118
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Dagney Taggart is a Character in this novel

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Atlas Shrugged

119
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Howard Roark is a Character in this novel

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The Fountainhead

120
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Deer Park Author

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Norman Mailer

121
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Normal Mailer Novel set in WW11

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The Naked and the Dead

122
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The Executioner’s Song was about him

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Gary Gilmore

123
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After the Fall was about her

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Marilyn Monroe

124
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Taos, New Mexico Author

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DH Lawrence

125
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Paul Morel is a character in this third DH Lawrence Novel

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Sons and Lovers

126
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DH Lawrence’s Highly-Censored Novel of 1928

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Lady Chatterly’s Lover

127
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London Author of a Room with a view

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E.M. Forester

128
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E.M. Forster’s Country Home

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Howard’s End

129
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EM Forster Novel of India Independence Movement

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A Passage to India

130
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Lifelong Friend of Gertrude STein

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Alice B. Toklas

131
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Mansion in Rebecca

132
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Mr. Rochester Appears in this novel

133
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Mansion in Jane Eyre

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Thornfield Hall

134
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Heathcliff is a character in this novel

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Wuthering Heights

135
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The Little House on the Prairie Family

136
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Novel in which “Scout” Finch Appeared

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To Kill a Mockingbird

137
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Novel in which Willie stark Appeared

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All the King’s Men

138
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Novel in which billie Pilgrim appeared

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Slaughterhouse Five

139
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Novel in Which Howard Roark Appeared

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Atlas Shrugged

140
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Ed McBain’s Precinct

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87th Precinct

141
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Salesman in Death of a Salesman

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WIlly Loman

142
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Poe’s Rue Morgue and Perloined Letter Detective

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C. August Dupain

143
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Jeeve’s Creator

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PG Wodehouse

144
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Nero Wolfe Creator

145
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Father Brown Creator

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GK Chesterton (English Detective)

146
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Lord Peter Wimsey Creator

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Dorothy Sayer (Gentleman detective)

147
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Nick and Nora Charles Creator

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Dashiell Hammet (married detectives in The Thin Man)

148
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Kay Scarpetta Creator

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Patricia Cornwell (detective – uses forensics)

149
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Kinsey Millhone Creator

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Sue Grafton “alphabet mysteries”

150
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Doctor Fu Manchu Creator

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Sax Rohmer an archetype of the evil criminal genius while lending the name to the Fu Manchu moustache

151
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Mr. Moto

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Mr. Moto is a fictional Japanese secret agent -Created after Charlie Chan creator died

152
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Charlie Chan

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Earl Derr Biggers

153
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Perry Mason Creator

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Erle Stanley Gardner

154
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Nathan Zuckerman Creator

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Phillip Roth (his alter ego)

155
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Mike Hammer’s Creator

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Mickey Spillane (pulp detective)

156
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Philip Marlowe’s Creator

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Raymond Chandler (pulp detective)

157
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Sam Spade Creator

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Dashiell Hammet (pulp detective)

158
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Travis McGee Creator

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John MacDonald (pulp detective)

159
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Jim Chee Creator

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Tony Hillerman (Navajo Policeman)

160
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Alex Cross Creator

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James Patterson (former FBI agent, physiologist)

161
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Harry Potter Creator

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JK Rowling

162
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The Working Author

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Studs Terkel ( “The Good War”, and is best remembered for his oral histories of common Americans, and for hosting a long-running radio show in Chicago.

163
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Lincoln Biographer

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Carl Sandburg

164
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The Queen of Suspense

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Mary Higgins Clark

165
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Pygmalion Professor

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Henry Higgins

166
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Lady in Portrait of a Lady

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Isabel Archer

167
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Lord Jim and Heart of Darkness Narrator

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Marlow (hunting for Kurtz)

168
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Namesake

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Francis Scott Key

169
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Wife

170
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Salesman in the great gatsby

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Nick Carroway

171
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The Great Gatsby’s Love

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Daisy Buchanan

172
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Main Character in the Natural

173
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Roy Hobb’s Bat

174
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Hero of Catcher in the Rye

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Holden Caulfield

175
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Winnie the Pooh’s Human Friend

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Christopher Robin

176
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Pig in Charlotte’s Web

177
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The “Lady” in a Streetcar Named Desire

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Blanche Dubois

178
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Leading man in a streetcar named desire

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Stanley Kowalski

179
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French-Born American Diarist

180
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King of the Techno-Thriller

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Tom Clancy

181
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Tom Clancy’s Government Agent

182
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Castle Rock or Main Author

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Stephen King

183
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French Short Story Writer

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Guy De Maupassant

184
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Winner of the First US Nobel Prize for Lit

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Eugene O’Neill

185
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2001: a Space Odyssey Computer

186
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Never one the nobel for lit

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Tolstoy, Ibsen and Henry James

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