Thomas
Hardy
Hardy
Where was Thomas Hardy born?
Dorset
Where was Oscar Wilde born?
Dublin
Who created the character Sherlock Holmes?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
What did Hardy first want to write?
Poetry
Which of these is Wilde’s fairy tale?
The Selfish Giant
What was Conan Doyle’s profession before writing?
Doctor
When was “Far from the Madding Crowd” published?
1874
Wilde became famous for writing?
Comedies of manners
Holmes was modeled after a real
Surgeon
Whom did Hardy usually write about?
Farmers and working people
Wilde supported which doctrine?
Art for art’s sake
In which book did Sherlock Holmes first appear?
A Study in Scarlet
“Tess of the d’Urbervilles” was published in:
1891
How did Wilde spend the last years of his life?
Living in poverty
How many Sherlock Holmes short stories did he write?
56