Everybody has their own idea of which novels are “classic literature” and which are not. We all have our favourites - and we also know which ones we don’t like! But “classic” and “popular” aren’t necessarily the same thing. My own definition of what makes a book a classic is this:
A classic novel is one which is relevant to different generations. It is a book which is still read and enjoyed long after the society in which it was written has faded into history. With the rate that the world is changing today, a book can become a classic in a mere decade or two.
This is the second of our two quizzes on classic literature. Try to pull from the depths of your memory the title of Virginia Woolf's novel set on the Isle of Skye, the name of Tom Brown's closest friend in Tom Brown's Schooldays and the name of the author who wrote the novels Adam Bede and Silas Marner.
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Jim is first mate on a ship carrying pilgrims to Mecca. When the ship is in danger Jim and the rest of the crew abandon it and its passengers. The rest of the book sees him paying for his actions
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Eliot's real name was Mary Ann Evans
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Hamlet's monologue begins: 'Alas, poor Yorick!'
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This comes after he's seen the error of his ways
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Hilton is also famous for his 1934 novel Goodbye, Mr. Chips
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Dostoyevsky wrote 16 novels, the most famous of which is probably Crime and Punishment
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Woolf's most famous works are probably Mrs Dalloway, Orlando and A Room of One's Own
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He's known as 'Scud' because he's so quick on his feet
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The wedding-guest is at first bemused, then impatient, before becoming scared and finally fascinated as the mariner recounts his story
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He lived at number 221B which was fictional when the books were written (the house numbers on Baker Street did not go as high as 221) but the road was extended in 1932 and there is now a number 221B where the Sherlock Holmes Museum stands
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