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- The Life and Works of Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Life and Works of Charles Dickens
- The Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe
- The Life and Works of Ernest Hemingway
- The Life and Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Life and Works of Fyodor Dostoevsky
- The Life and Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- The Life and Works of JRR Tolkien
- The Life and Works of Leo Tolstoy
- The Life and Works of Mark Twain
- The Life and Works of Oscar Wilde
- The Life and Works of Walt Whitman
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This brilliant detective, known for his deerstalker cap and pipe, lives at 221B Baker Street in London.
Difficulty: Easy- Sherlock Holmes
- Auguste Dupin
- Philip Marlowe
- Hercule Poirot
This ghost appears to Scrooge first, wrapped in chains, warning him to change his ways.
Difficulty: Medium- Ghost of Christmas Past
- Ghost of Christmas Present
- Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
- Jacob Marley
This literary term, coined by Poe's devotee T.S. Eliot, describes an external object that evokes a particular emotion.
Difficulty: Hard- Pathetic fallacy
- Objective correlative
- Subjective imagery
- Emotional symbol
This 1952 novella tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who hooks a giant marlin in the Gulf Stream.
Difficulty: Easy- A Farewell to Arms
- The Old Man and the Sea
- The Sun Also Rises
- For Whom the Bell Tolls
The 1926 short story often considered a precursor to The Great Gatsby, about a young man's romantic obsession with a wealthy girl.
Difficulty: Medium- Absolution
- Winter Dreams
- The Rich Boy
- May Day
Dostoevsky's notebooks reveal that he originally planned for Raskolnikov to commit suicide at the end of Crime and Punishment, but he changed the ending to this dramatically different conclusion instead.
Difficulty: Hard- Raskolnikov escapes to America
- Raskolnikov confesses, goes to Siberia, and begins spiritual renewal through Sonya's love
- Raskolnikov is acquitted at trial
- Raskolnikov murders Porfiry and flees
This German writer's two-part dramatic work, considered his masterpiece, tells of a scholar who makes a deal with the devil for unlimited knowledge and pleasure.
Difficulty: Easy- Elective Affinities
- The Sorrows of Young Werther
- Faust
- Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
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This walled city carved into a mountain, also known as the White City, serves as the capital of Gondor and the site of a climactic battle against Sauron's forces.
Difficulty: Medium- Edoras
- Osgiliath
- Helm's Deep
- Minas Tirith
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