Carrying on the List From Yesterday
>> Tuesday, March 16, 2010
See, you all probably thought I'd give you all the answers today. Haha, not so fast. I'll be the first to say that I would have struggled to determine some of these books from the first line, but I do know my characters. And, besides, I got the idea from Relax Max. Again. So, for all the ones not guessed, I'm going to provide character names and let you try again. If there was a character mentioned in the first line, I'll assume it wasn't enough and add a second character.
- Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.
- Hank Morgan
- Father Wolf and Akela
- Marguerite St. Juste
- Catherine Earnshaw
- Pierre Arronax
- Time Traveler and Weena
- Basil Hallward
- Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Alan Poe (I know it's a story; sue me)
5. The Scarlett Pimpernel, Baroness Orczy (?)
7. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, Verne
I knew those opening lines sounded a tad familiar. You've still got me stumped on the others, though.
Correct on both counts.
Ah! #3 is A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. That first line was ringing loud bells, but Hank Morgan nails it down.
#6 Catherine Earnshaw is starting to ring loud bells, too. I have to think...
Yep. I'm actually surprised no one has #6 yet.
All right! Got my three I thought I got. :)
Have not read one of these. more to the list...
Oh jeez, my brain must be burning out or something. Light finally dawns over Marblehead! #6 is Wuthering Heights!
"Heathcliff, it's me, it's Cathy, I've come home, I'm so coooold, let me in your windooow!"
Kate Bush's song about the story still sends shivers up my spine!
Exactly, Roy. You got another one.