Literary quiz

[Goddlefrood]

> Goddlefrood:
> 4. Heart of Midlothian - Sir Walter Scott
 
> 5. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
 
> Alla:
 
> Have not read any of those. You know I love Walter Scott, so 
> do you recommend this one?

Goddlefrood:

I'd recommend any of the Waverley novels, they're all good.

Vanity Fair I read when I was about 14. My brother had it 
as his school project, took it with him on a family holiday, 
couldn't read it, so I did. I remember it being the longest 
book I'd read up to that time, which didn't make it any less 
enjoyable. I finished it in two sittings, iirc, liked it a 
great deal. A superb portrait of mid-Victorian life, and funny 
too.

> 10. Moby Dick - Herman Melville

> Alla:

> On my reading list but have not read it, so what is the answer 
> to the question as it phrased? After Moby Dick?

Goddlefrood:

Right, they're all characters in the novel and it really is quite 
a ride.

> 13. The Civil Wars – Appian
 
> Alla:
> 
> I figured half of the clue – knew that the book was called Civil 
> Wars, but not the author

Goddlefrood:

Yes, it was a little unfair that question, methought. It couldn't 
have been Julius Caeasar's The Civil War because of the plurality, 
but Appian didn't die aged 25, or probably didn't. The way the 
question was phrased looks like he did. I figured it must be that 
only 24 of his books survive, either that or his histories were 
in 24 volumes, so he didn't make 25, hmmm.

> > If anyone on this list wins think kindly of me.
 
> Alla:
> 
> UK address is a prerequisite, but I will think kindly of you 
> anyways :)

Goddlefrood:

I have plenty of relatives there ...