AUTHOR AND POET. BEST KNOWN NOVELS FOCUS ON RURAL SOCIETY SUCH AS FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD AND JUDE THE OBSCURE
THOMAS HARDY
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Scottish doctor and writer. He was best known for Sherlock Holmes.
SIR ARTUHR CONAN DOYLE
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His most famous books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94)
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Her books include Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. Her novels are concerned with marriage and family relationships. Many have been made into television programmes or films.
JANE AUSTIN
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Oliver twist and Great Expectations. You will hear references in everyday talk to some of the characters in his books, such as Scrooge (a mean person) or Mr Micawber (always hopeful).
Charles Dickens (1812-70)
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Wrote satirical novels, including Decline and Fall and Scoop. He is perhaps best known for Brideshead Revisited.
Evelyn Waugh (1903-66)
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English novelist and poet. He wrote more than 20 novels. The most well known is Lucky Jim.
Sir Kingsley Amis (1922-95)
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Wrote novels often influenced by his religious beliefs, including The Heart of the Matter, The Honorary Consul, Brighton Rock and Our Man in Havana.
Graham Greene (1904-91)
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Wrote the Harry Potter series of children’s books, which have enjoyed huge international success. She now writes fiction for adults as well.
J K Rowling (1965-)
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What prize is awarded annually for the best fiction novel written by an author from the Commonwealth, Ireland or Zimbabwe.
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction
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The Man Booker Prize for Fiction 1968 past winners include?
Ian McEwan, Hilary Mantel and Julian Barnes.
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Name 3 previous Nobel Prize winners in Literature
Novelist Sir William Golding, the poet Seamus Heaney, and the playwright Harold Pinter.
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Who is famous for their detective stories and are read all over the world
Agatha Christie
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Who wrote James Bond?
Ian Fleming
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In 2003, what was voted the country's best loved novel?
J R R Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings
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Scottish doctor and writer. He was best known for Sherlock Holmes.
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SIR ARTUHR CONAN DOYLE
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His most famous books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
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Her books include Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. Her novels are concerned with marriage and family relationships. Many have been made into television programmes or films.
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Card 5
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Oliver twist and Great Expectations. You will hear references in everyday talk to some of the characters in his books, such as Scrooge (a mean person) or Mr Micawber (always hopeful).
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