What is the full title of Of Oliver Twist (1838)?
The full title of Oliver Twist is Oliver Twist, or, The Parish Boy’s Progress.
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In what Shakespeare play does a character say, “Alas poor Yorick, I knew him well”?
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Who created Tom Swift?
Edward Stratemeyer, under the pseudonym Victor Appleton created Tom Swift.
Who created Roderick Hudson?
Henry James created Roderick Hudson, in the 1876 novel of the same name.
What was the original Catch-22?
In Joseph Heller’s 1961 novel of the same name, it is the catch that prevents a U.S. Air Force pilot from asking to be grounded on the basis of insanity. A man “would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn’t, but if he was sane, he had to fly them. If…