STRAIGHT FACTS
This novel is composed in an epistolary structure, told entirely through letters.
The Color Purple
Where is the March family home located in Little Women?
Concord, Massachusetts
“Be with me always – take any form – drive me mad! Only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you!”
Heathcliff
What are the names of Emily Brontë’s two famous literary sisters?
Charlotte and Anne
Which actor played Laurie in the 2019 adaptation of Little Women?
Timothée Chalamet
This psychological thriller introduced one of literature’s most famous sociopaths.
The Talented Mr. Ripley
What is Tom Ripley originally hired to do in The Talented Mr. Ripley?
Bring Dickie Greenleaf back to the United States
“I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.”
Great Expectations
Which American author worked as a nurse during the Civil War and based much of her writing on personal experience?
Louisa May Alcott
Which film adaptation starred Matt Damon and Jude Law?
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Set in Gilded Age New York, this novel explores the rigid social codes of upper-class society.
The Age of Innocence
What is the nickname for the cane that Pip's older sister uses to beat Pip?
The tickler
“Dear God, I'm sorry for all the trouble I done caused.”
The Color Purple
Who was the first female author to win the Pulitzer Prize?
Edith Wharton for The Age of Innocence
Which actor portrayed Yuri Zhivago in the popular 1965 film adaptation of Dr. Zhivago?
Omar Sharif
This novel references John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress and its moral themes.
Little Women
What leads Celie to finally leave Albert in The Color Purple?
Discovering that Albert has been hiding Nettie’s letters from her
“Let me be something every minute of every hour of my life... And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost.”
Francie Nolan
What American author was famously known for a terse, minimalistic writing style?
Ernest Hemingway
What famous classic Hollywood couple met while filming the 1944 film adaptation of To Have and To Have Not?
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
This novel was first published as a magazine serial between December 1860 and August 1861.
Great Expectations
What are the names of the two families at the center of Wuthering Heights?
The Earnshaws and the Lintons
“No matter how, a man alone ain’t got no bloody chance.”
Harry Morgan, To Have and Have Not
What personal hardship from Dickens' childhood appears as a theme in Great Expectations?
His experience with poverty and working in a blacking factory after his father was imprisoned for debt
Who directed the 1993 film adaptation of The Age of Innocence?
Martin Scorsese