March 05, 2010

Name the book

Here are five heroes in popular fiction. For an undetermined prize, name the book in which they appear:

  1. Lassiter
  2. Sid Halley
  3. Pip
  4. Jean Valjean
  5. David Balfour

Answers below the fold.

  1. Riders of the Purple Sage
  2. Odds Against, Whip Hand, Come to Grief, and Under Orders
  3. Great Expectations
  4. Les Miserables
  5. Kidnapped Posted by Linkmeister at March 5, 2010 01:51 PM | TrackBack
Comments

I knew the last three. I had to read 3 and 4 in high school, and didn't like them. Kidnapped, though, was my favorite book for years, from junior high almost through college. I have no idea why, but I still have most of it by heart.

Thanks for the flashback!

Posted by: Juli Thompson at March 6, 2010 06:26 AM

I only got Pip and Jean Valjean, although David Balfour sounded familiar (but I don't think I ever read Kidnapped, I must have read about it). I've actually read Riders of the Purple Sage, but Zane Grey's books are so alike that you can't possibly remember the hero of one of them. (And I have read many.)

Posted by: hedera at March 6, 2010 01:56 PM