In Rudyard Kipling’s Kim (1901), what is Kim’s full name?
In Rudyard Kipling’s Kim (1901), Kim’s full name is Kimball O’Hara.
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In what Shakespeare play does a character say, “Alas poor Yorick, I knew him well”?
This quote is in none of Shakespeare’s plays. In Hamlet, Act V, Scene 3, Hamlet says, “Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio.” For some reason the incorrect version is the one most people remember.
What is Tess’s name before she becomes Tess of the d’Urbervilles?
Tess’s name before she becomes Tess of the d’Urbervilles is Tess Durbeyfield, daughter of Jack Durbeyfield, a carter. In the 1891 novel by Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, she eventually becomes the kept woman of Alec d’Urbervilles, a member of the well-to-do family for whom she is working.
What was Said’s real name?
Said’s real name was H. H. Munro (1870-1916). The Scottish fiction writer and playwright was born in Burma and killed by a sniper in France during World War I.
What is the source of the title of Thomas Wolfe’s novel Look Homeward, Angel (1929)?
The source of the title of Thomas Wolfe’s novel Look Homeward, Angel (1929) was John Milton’s poem “Lycidas” (1637). Milton asks his dead friend, now an angel, to look back compassionately on his still-living friends: Look homeward, Angel, now, and melt with ruth: And, 0 ye dolphins, waft the hapless youth.
Which work of Franz Kafka’s prefigures his story “The Metamorphosis” (1916)?
The story “Wedding Preparations in the Country” (1907) by Franz Kafka seems to directly foreshadow Gregor Samsa’s plight, as a train passenger lying in bed imagines himself as a giant bug.
What is the first line of Philip Roth’s The Great American Novel (1973)?
The first line of Philip Roth’s The Great American Novel is “Call me Smitty.” Through his narrator, Word Smith, Roth not only spoofs Melville, but Hawthorne, Twain, Hemingway, and all other writers who pursued the Great American Novel.