Start of Ana Karenina: “Happy families are all
alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”.
Start of Moby-Dick: "Call me Ishmael". Moby Dick is a
white whale using Pequod
Start of Pride and Prejudice: "It is a truth universally
acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in
want of a wife,” The novel uses foreshadowing.
Victor Hugo’s Hunchback of Notre Dame: Quasimodo has
become synonymous with "a courageous heart beneath a grotesque
exterior."
Lev Tolstoy, who wrote War and Peace, is the world’s
greatest novelist.
Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland.
A sonnet contains 14 lines.
“Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be
wise' is a line from Shakespeare.
The first Harry Potter book is Philosopher’s
Stone
The Canterbury Tales was written in the 14th
century.
Robert
Louis Stevenson, the writer of 'Treasure Island' is Scottish.
“Jane Eyre” is a book by Charlotte Bronte.
“Lord of the Flies” is about schoolboys on a
desert island.
Bilbo is the hobbit in Lord the Rings.
Ben
Johnson lines include "I fart at thee", "shit on your head” and "dirty
bastard".
"Ten Little Niggers" is by Agatha
Christie who is also known as Mary Westmacott.
Stream-of-consciousness is also known as
interior monologue.
Partoclus made Achilles’ grief.
John Donne’s works evolve around religion. He is
known for dislocation of structures or metaphysical poetry.
Pandora was the most beautiful woman.