A Literary Lot

1 Which medical TV drama was based on the books of AJ Cronin?

2 Which pop star wrote the autobiography Learning to Fly?

3 The Morrissey song Now My Heart is Full includes in the lyrics the names of Dallow, Spicer, Pinkie and Cubitt. These are a reference to four gang members in which novel?

4 Which Dickens novel had the working title of Mr Gradgrind’s Facts?

5 Which author died on August 13, 1946 at his home 13 Hanover Terrace, Regent’s Park that now bears a commemorative blue plaque in his honour?

6 Which novel by John Updike was adapted into a 1987 film starring Jack Nicholson?

7 Which adventure novel featured a sailing vessel called the Covenant?

8 In May 2007, a theme park opened in Chatham, Kent dedicated to which author?

9 Which author has a school named in his honour in his French birth town of Besancon?

10 Which author born in 1828 had the middle name of Nikolayevich?

11 First Impressions was the working title of which classic novel?

12 Who created the character of Uncle Remus?

13 What is the surname of the family that live at 17, Cherry Tree Lane?

14 Which Jane Austen novel mentions the sport of baseball in its text?

15 Which novel by Gavin Maxwell is set in the fictional Scottish location of Camusfearna?

16 Which novel was based on the true life memoirs of Jacques Peuchet?

17 Who attended St Christopher’s High School in Beckenham from 1907 to 1915, leaving as Head Girl?

18 Which novel first published in the 1950s was dedicated to Lucy Barfield, the god-daughter of the author?

19 Which novel was inspired by the autobiography of Josiah Henson, a black farm worker?

20 Which novel chronicles the court case of Tom Robinson?

Answers

1 Dr Finlay’s Casebook

2 Victoria Beckham

3 Brighton Rock

4 Hard Times

5 HG Wells

6 The Witches of Eastwick

7 Kidnapped

8 Charles Dickens

9 Victor Hugo

10 Leo Tolstoy

11 Pride and Prejudice

12 Joel Chandler Harris

13 Banks, in Mary Poppins

14 Northanger Abbey

15 Ring of Bright Water

16 The Count of Monte Cristo

17 Enid Blyton

18 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

19 Uncle Tom’s Cabin

20 To Kill a Mockingbird