tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post5378508653108983434..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: QuizzicalStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-68391751284330744822008-09-21T21:17:00.000+01:002008-09-21T21:17:00.000+01:00Pamela, Emma, Jane, Tess, Rebecca, Lolita, Rosie, ...Pamela, Emma, Jane, Tess, Rebecca, Lolita, Rosie, Jean<BR/><BR/>Looks like I need to do some more up-to-date readingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-51950678270960802662008-09-21T11:59:00.000+01:002008-09-21T11:59:00.000+01:0019: "Peter Gregory kicked the door of the dispersa...19: "Peter Gregory kicked the door of the dispersal hut ..." is from <I>Charlotte Gray</I> by Faulkes<BR/><BR/>21: "Let us begin with two girls at a dance" is from <I>The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox</I> by O'Farrell<BR/><BR/>Dark PussAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-52434908905324361912008-09-21T09:06:00.000+01:002008-09-21T09:06:00.000+01:003. Emma - Jane Austen8. Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Wo...3. Emma - Jane Austen<BR/>8. Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf<BR/>9. Lady Chatterly's Lover - D.H. Laurence <BR/>11. Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier<BR/>15. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Muriel Spark<BR/><BR/>I think we're still missing 20 and 21 ....GlassCurlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07006992143355408956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-65164584313994144012008-09-21T08:56:00.000+01:002008-09-21T08:56:00.000+01:00I think we have them all except #19 !I think we have them all except #19 !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-33780421563136559252008-09-21T06:17:00.000+01:002008-09-21T06:17:00.000+01:003. Emma4. Jane Eyre8. Mrs. Dalloway10. Mary Poppin...3. Emma<BR/>4. Jane Eyre<BR/>8. Mrs. Dalloway<BR/>10. Mary Poppins<BR/>11. Rebecca<BR/>13. Lolita<BR/>15. Prime of Miss Jean Brodie<BR/>16. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?<BR/><BR/>Not too good. I want to read the books attached to 5 and 7! Though if 5 is Shirley, as Justaboox says, I *have* read it and don't know why I don't remember such a memorable opening. 7 does sound Wildeian. Great fun, Simon!Diana Birchallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18291540900938654707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-63025964142783831552008-09-20T16:45:00.000+01:002008-09-20T16:45:00.000+01:003. Emma4. Jane Eyre5. Shirley8. Mrs Dalloway9. Lad...3. Emma<BR/>4. Jane Eyre<BR/>5. Shirley<BR/>8. Mrs Dalloway<BR/>9. Lady Chatterley<BR/>10. one of the Mary Poppins books<BR/>11. Rebecca<BR/>15. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie<BR/>16 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?<BR/> Not a good showing from me either - And me a bookseller!Juxtabookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102279698993288454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-37534882031083223832008-09-20T12:01:00.000+01:002008-09-20T12:01:00.000+01:00Ha, what a coincidence! :)Very curious to know wha...Ha, what a coincidence! :)<BR/><BR/>Very curious to know what #5 is, sounds quite fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-6688919884246482342008-09-20T11:41:00.000+01:002008-09-20T11:41:00.000+01:00PS I see Lethe posted while I was writing my list!...PS I see Lethe posted while I was writing my list! Spooky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-37186531789906178632008-09-20T11:39:00.001+01:002008-09-20T11:39:00.001+01:00How irresistible! Only posting what others haven't...How irresistible! Only posting what others haven't done, and no cheating!<BR/><BR/>10. Mary Poppins, P L Travers<BR/>15. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark<BR/>16. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Edward Albee<BR/>17. Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt. This is a guess as I haven't read it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-87423916783918537642008-09-20T11:39:00.000+01:002008-09-20T11:39:00.000+01:003. Emma - Jane Austen7. Lady Windermere's Fan - Os...3. Emma - Jane Austen<BR/>7. Lady Windermere's Fan - Oscar Wilde<BR/>8. Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf<BR/>10. Mary Poppins - P.L. Travers<BR/>11. Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier<BR/>12. Mrs McGinty's Dead (?) - Agatha Christie<BR/>15. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Muriel Spark<BR/>16. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf - Edward AlbeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-20542258146362724562008-09-20T11:35:00.000+01:002008-09-20T11:35:00.000+01:00Is number 5 Shirley by Charlotte Bronte? Got quite...Is number 5 Shirley by Charlotte Bronte? Got quite a few others named above too. Good fun! Can't wait to see what the others were.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07401356477073274808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-55193663937919954782008-09-20T09:29:00.000+01:002008-09-20T09:29:00.000+01:001. Antony and Cleopatra WS2. Pamela S Richardson3....1. Antony and Cleopatra WS<BR/>2. Pamela S Richardson<BR/>3. Emma, JA<BR/>4. Jane Eyre, C Bronte<BR/>6. Tess, Hardy<BR/>7. Lady Windermere's Fan, Wilde????<BR/>8. Mrs Dalloway, Woolf<BR/>11. Rebecca, D Du Maurier<BR/>13, Lolita, Nabokov<BR/>14. Cider with Rosie, Laure Lee?????<BR/>I did these without reading Sibylle's, by the way. I'm rather ashamed not to have known more of them. The ones with ???s are guesses.harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470091985662379182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-479055102102063292008-09-20T07:54:00.000+01:002008-09-20T07:54:00.000+01:003. Emma by Jane Austen4. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Br...3. Emma by Jane Austen<BR/>4. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë<BR/>6. Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (is that it? I feel so proud I recognized Hardy's writing style almost instantly)<BR/>8. Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf<BR/>11. Rebecca by Daphné du Maurier<BR/>13. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov<BR/>18. Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding<BR/>20. The Jane Austen book club by Karen Joy Fowler<BR/><BR/>I'd be very interested to know what the others are, some first lines are quite catchy !Sibyllehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513087210724494785noreply@blogger.com