Whether or not you've actually read them, many of us know the storyline of the best-loved classic novels. We challenge you to work out which classic novels we are describing below - all you have to do is name the book! Not sure? The answers are at the bottom.
1. A sharp-tongued young woman keeps crossing paths with a man she is determined not to like.
2. A lonely millionaire throws fabulous parties for one very particular reason.
3. A doctor creates new life and then panics when it all goes wrong.
4. A sensible woman watches the people around her make a complete mess of love.
5. A sailor becomes obsessed with defeating the creature that ruined his life.
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6. A woman trapped in a dull marriage starts making tiny decisions that scandalise everyone.
7. A group of boys left alone on an island discover how quickly order can collapse.
8. A headstrong young woman is certain she knows best about other people’s love lives.
9. A family of sisters navigate gossip, romance and disappointment in their search for happiness.
10. A young woman is swept into a grand house, only to feel the lingering presence of the wife who came before her.
11. A girl enters a strange world where nothing behaves as it should and nonsense rules the day.
12. A young governess falls in love with her employer, only to discover his household has a devastating secret.
Answers
1.Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
2. The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
3. Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
4. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
5. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
6. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
7. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
8. Emma by Jane Austen
9. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
10. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
11. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
12. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
