Welcome back to Book Break!
We're going to play a brand new game today: Guess the Classic
where Elle has got a list here of 20 classic books that she's going to try and get me to
guess in just three words.
So do play along with us
I think I'm going to struggle a bit with this.
Try and guess them before I can and leave a comment if you guess them before I did.
OK, are you ready? Yes
OK, number one.
Emma by Jane Austen!
Correct, yay!
One of my favourites.
Well I was thinking A Tale of Two Cities...
Correct!
OK, I haven't read it so I don't know how Sydney fits in.
See I was being clever because there's a character called Sydney
and I was like *gasp*
Made to be.
Very good.
OK, number three.
Hunchback of Notre Dame. Correct!
You're on fire...so far.
Um...Peter Pan! Yes!
Oh, Phantom of the Opera. Yes.
Now I'm stuck.
Good cause you've done so well so far!
We can come back to it if you like. OK.
The Secret Garden! Yes.
Is that a clue?
That's clearly my little clue wiggle.
Shall we come back to it?
...yes.
Alice in Wonderland. Correct.
Um... Christmas Carol!
Ooh. Is it a Sherlock Holmes book?
Nope. Detective is in there because it's kind of the first detective novel.
Ooh.
I mean I think people argue about it.
OK, but some people say.
I don't know what the first detective novel was!
OK, OK, we'll come back to it.
The Wizard of Oz. Yay!
The Jungle Book.
Mustardseed?
It's kind of connected to Mother, Denmark, Existential.
OK...
It's the same author.
And I think the reason you're not getting them is because they're not novels.
Ohhhh. Plays?
Perhaps...
Um, it's A Midsummer Night's Dream!
Little Women!
Yep. I love seeing it click in your head.
She cut off her one beauty! Yeah.
Pinkie, who's Pinkie?
Don't know.
OK.
Poldark!
Yay Poldark! I couldn't resist putting shirtless in there.
I don't know.
OK, alphabet's kind of a clue with regards to the title.
It's also a little bit of a clue that all of those words begin with A.
So do all of the words in the title also begin with A?
No.
OK, shall we come back to that one?
Treasure Island.
This is number 20, the last one.
Heidi! Yay.
OK, how many have I got left?
Do you want another chance or should I just tell you?
Um, give me one more clue about each one and then see.
OK, OK.
It has a prince in it.
Hamlet. Yes, well done! We got there, woo!
Spain's most famous literary figure.
Who's Spain's most famous literary figure?
He has the same, I think either the same birthday or the same deathday as Shakespeare.
Interesting. I don't know.
OK, do you pass? Shall I give you the answer?
It's Don Quixote.
Oh, of course.
Yeah I know nothing about that.
The title is the name of the diamond,
but the name of the diamond is also another type of gem.
Ruby diamond. Emerald diamond.
Nope.
Pearl diamond!
No!
I don't know.
OK, The Moonstone.
Ohh, Wilkie Collins!
Yes.
Damnit, no I've never read it.
OK, it's really good.
So this is set in a seaside town that is in the title.
Brighton Rock.
Yes well done!
Think of other words for the colour red.
Scarlet. The scarlet letter!
Yes, yes, well done. And I think that's everything! You did really
well.
How many did I not get?
You didn't get Don Quixote, and you didn't get The Moonstone.
So that's 18 out of 20.
18 out of 20, OK.
Did you guys beat me?
Let us know in the comments how many of those you got faster,
and the ones you got before I had to have several clues.
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