What pond did Henry David Thoreau make famous?

Literature Trivia / October 09, 2024

Walden Pond. Thoreau built himself a house on the shore of Walden Pond.

What country, in the Jonathan Swift book "Gulliver's Travels", is a land of giants?

Literature Trivia / October 09, 2024

Brobdingnag. Gulliver is discovered in Brobdingnag by a farmer who then sells him to the Queen.

Which best seller is about Dr. Kay Scarpetta returning to Richmond to work on a perplexing crime?

Literature Trivia / October 08, 2024

Trace. Patricia Cromwell's Dr. Kay Scarpetta is modeled after former Virginia Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Marcella Fierro.

What color was Anna Karenina's bag in the Tolstoy novel of the same name?

Literature Trivia / October 08, 2024

Red. Anna was inspired by the daughter of Russian poet, Alexander Pushkin.

What is the name of Khaled Hosseini's second novel, published in 2007?

Literature Trivia / October 07, 2024

A Thousand Splendid Suns. Khaled Hosseini's debut novel, "The Kite Runner", sold over 4 million copies worldwide between 2003 and 2007.

Which American poet wrote "Paul Revere's Ride" and "The Song of Hiawatha"?

Literature Trivia / October 07, 2024

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was one of the five Fireside Poets.