Those We Will Be
There are three ghosts that feature in the classic holiday novel by this author.
Who is Charles Dickens?
The name of the classic J.R.R. Tolkien fantasy trilogy featuring Bilbo Baggins, Frodo, and Gandalf.
What is the Lord of the Rings?
This person owned a dog, but didn't have much to feed it.
The tale of "Rumpelstiltskin" culminates in the young and beautiful queen avoiding having her newborn child stolen by the imp when she 'guesses' his name. But she was not born royalty. What was her father's occupation?
What is a miller?
Sitting neglected in a far corner is a book that I have tried to finish several times but so far without success, and I am not alone in this. Which Russian classic describing the Napoleonic era am I unable to read?
What is Anna Karenina?
This author's English novel about five daughters and their 'barely tolerable' marriages featured Colin Firth in its first go round, and Keira Knightley in the second.
Who is Jane Austen?
Ray Bradbury's 1951 novel about a fireman whose job is to burn books.
What is Fahrenheit 451?
This man liked to smoke and eat and be entertained by a string band.
In the story "The Frog King", a beautiful (and spoiled) princess loses her favourite plaything in a well, which is then retrieved by an ugly frog. What kind of plaything is it?
What is a golden ball?
Finding this book in a shelf full of dust, you'll identify it as the novel by Yann Martel that follows the story of a young boy who is lost at sea.
What is the Life of Pi?
George and Lenny are two migrant workers in this author's feels-ridden story.
Who is John Steinbeck?
This story is about a boy who is very mischievous and always gets into trouble. Later in the novel, his curiosity actually works out to benefit him, when he captures a criminal Indian named Joe.
What is Tom Sawyer?
This girl liked dairy products, but suffered from arachnophobia.
Who is Little Miss Muffet?
In the story "The Valiant Little Tailor", the self-aggrandizing tailor makes for himself a banner with the words 'Seven with one blow', which leads everyone to assume he had killed seven men. What kind of creature, in fact, had the tailor killed seven of with that one blow?
What are flies?
The New York Times Book Review said, "Umberto Eco has written a novel and it has become a literary event". About which of my books, which was made into a film starring Sean Connery, was this comment made?
What is the Name of the Rose?
"The Bride of Corinth" is an erotic, macabre tale of a young woman sworn to chastity in her short life, only to return from the grave to find a husband - perhaps for all time. What giant of European verse wrote this intriguing classically-based ballad?
Who is Goethe?
"So there are these people, right? And they get on a train? And the guy dies? But the other guy figures it out? And only one couldn't have done it? And there was a movie? With like Michael York?"
What is Murder on the Orient Express?
This guy committed robbery to eat and his dad played the bagpipes.
Who is Tom, the piper's son?
In the Brothers Grimm version of "Cinderella" there is no fairy godmother. Rather, Cinderella receives her beautiful dresses from what kind of creature?
Meandering on through the shelves I find a Science Fiction series I had almost forgotten about. Set on a planet dominated by a desert and giant sandworms, what is the title of the first book in this series?
What is Dune?
The Revelations of Divine Love' or 'The Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love' was a book published by the first women writer to have her work published in England. Who was the woman writer?
Who is Julian of Norwich?
This is the story of members of a gang called The Greasers and the feuds against members of the Socs.
What is the Outsiders?
This kid liked to osculate with lachrymal females, then high-tail it out of Dodge.
Who is Georgie Porgie?
After being left in the woods to die, Hansel and Gretel eventually find their way to the witch's house. Lured inside by a good meal and a warm bed, the two are shocked when the witch imprisons Hansel and puts Gretel to work cooking rich foods to fatten her brother up. What does the witch feed Gretel?
What are crayfish shells?
This is a ghost story about a young, inexperienced governess who is sent to look after two young orphaned children in the country. Soon, things begin to get a little creepy for the governess, after she first sees a person who has long been dead, who claims he has come for the young boy.
What is The Turn of the Screw?