World Literature

The world is full of stories, and this category contains multitudes. If you know your Hesse from your Hosseini and your Adichie from your Allende, these World Literature questions are the ones for you.

Which 1966 postcolonial parallel novel by Jean Rhys acts as a prequel to Charlotte Bronte’s 1847 novel Jane Eyre?

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In literature, what type of novel is a ‘roman a clef’?

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To which gentleman’s club did Jules Vern’s fictional character Phileas Fogg belong?

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Who wrote Gulliver’s Travels?

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Who penned the airport lounge best seller titled Airport?

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Whose autobiography is entitled The Wheel of Fortune?

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What was the name of Joe and Frank Hardy’s maiden aunt and detective Fenton Hardy’s sister – in the popular book series for boys?

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Which Roman writer was famous for his Satires and Ars Poetica?

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What famous nineteenth-century French novelist published a plagiarized nonfiction work under the pseudonym Bombet and when the plagiarism was discovered, defended the nonexistent Bombet in letters signed by an equally nonexistent Bombet Jr.?

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What nationality was Hans Christian Andersen?

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