Literary trivia . . . name that book!

Penelope · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 10:53 am Post subject:

Trollope???? No not referring to you Saffron!!! Laughing

ralphinlaos · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 11:36 am Post subject:

Thanks, Penny, that's the best laugh I've had all day.

No, it's not a Trollope (and neither is Saffron; she's a good girl).

Ralph

Penelope · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 11:49 am Post subject:

Well, thank God for that!!!!

Saffron · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 11:57 am Post subject:

Penelope · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 12:08 pm Post subject:

Yes, well, on another thread....Ralph is talking about the wonders of the Internet.....Can we trust it?

In your case Saffron....I do!!!

But anyway.....I like trollopes.......

OK - back to the guessing game......Could it be Tom Jones?

Illegitimate offspring come into it somwhere......or maybe a female offspring......there is food for thought......

ralphinlaos · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 12:09 pm Post subject:

Here's Clue #3"

"I haven't been feeling like myself recently. I fear something terrible is about to happen . . ."

NAME THAT BOOK.

Penelope · Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject:

Just so you know I'm back.......I thought I would take a guess.....but I'm afraid I can't think what this can be.

I did think 'Great Expectations'.........that last clue could be Miss Haversham.....and the first clue could be the Convict who left his ill-gotten gains to Pip......

But I am not saying this with much conviction...... Sad

ralphinlaos · Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 2:38 am Post subject:

Hi Penny -

Welcome back; I hope you had a great holiday. Did you get a chance to wear false fingernails, drink gin and flirt outrageously (I assume your husband was with you)?

No, it's not "Great Expectations," one of my favorite books. And Miss Haversham - one of my favorite characters.

Here's another clue:

Think "A Child's Garden of Verses" and "Treasure Island."

(I hope those books are correct; I'm doing this from memory).

Ralph

Penelope · Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 4:21 am Post subject:

If it is RLS - then you must mean Doctor Jeykyl and Mr Hyde.

I love RLS but I mostly read his poetry and I liked 'Travels on a Donkey through the Cevennes' and 'Down and Out in London and Paris' which weren't fiction.

Read Treasure Island at school of course and wanted to know what happened to Ben Gunn.......disappointed not to find out.

He was a lovely man but he did seem to write boys, swash buckling fiction.


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