The Novel Chapter
"An Important Passenger on the Taurus Express"
What is Murder on the Orient Express?
F. Scott Fitzgerald was named for this man, a lyricist of note
In Genesis, "God blessed" humanity, saying "Make thee be fruitful, and" do this
What is Multiply
Charles Deville's idea that volcanic craters lead to a network of passages inspired this man's "Journey to the Center of the Earth
Who is Jules Verne
Her first line to Antony is "If it be love indeed, tell me how much"
What is Cleopatra?
"The Cemetery of the Château d'If"
What is the Count of Monte Cristo?
A disastrous trip from Lyon to Paris was one bump in Fitzgerald's relationship with this other American author
"I am" these 2 letters, "the first and the last: and, what thou seest, write in a book
What is Alpha and Omega?
In 1895 he published "Almayer's Folly" & gave up on trying to teach British readers the name Józef Korzeniowski
Who is Joseph Conrad?
Polonius saying "I hear him coming, let's withdraw, my lord" is the cue for this immortal line
What is "To be or not to be"
"Eliza's Escape"
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
In one of Scott's stories, a protagonist says his father has one of these "as big as the Ritz-Carlton Hotel"
What is "A diamond"
"These are also the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spake with Moses" at this place
What is Mount Sinai?
Recent translators of this Italian novel say the title character is brattier than the one in the Disney movie
Who is Pinocchio?
Published in 1597, this Shakespeare play looks back a bit over a century to the "winter of our discontent"
What is Richard III
"Miss Sharp Begins to Make Friends"
What is Vanity Fair?
Fitzgerald paired these young ladies of his day with "Philosophers" for an alliterative book title
What are "flappers"
"And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with" this group, "and slew them with a great slaughter"
What are the Philistines?
Not bad for a title too: Stephen Crane wrote that Henry "wished that he too, had a wound, a" these 4 words
What is "The Red Badge of Courage"?
Lady Macbeth thinks her husband is not ruthless enough, "too full of" this item not actually in the dairy case
"Wickfield and Heep"
What is David Copperfield
Paying her respects over Scott's body, this Round Table wit quoted a line from "The Great Gatsby" that's too salty for us to say
Who was Dorothy Parker?
"And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, go view the land, even" this city
What is Jericho?
In this Jane Austen novel, Anne is single after some convincing--what's a better word?--got her to refuse Frederick
What is Persuasion?
Ralph Fiennes made his directorial debut with a modern battle gear adaptation of this play of ancient Rome with a 1-word title
What is Coriolanus