Welcome back to Book Break! Today we are playing our third round of Guess the Classic. So Elle
has got some three word clues for me and I have to guess which classic book she's talking
about. And you guys can play along and comment below if you guess any of them before I do.
Number one:
Born Free! Yes.
I love that one. Loved that. Off to a great start.
Um, The Wind in the Willows? Yes.
Grisette. Is that Les Mis?
Yes, it is. Fantine is a Grisette.
I see, OK. There's like a...
I didn't want to give the name.
...Cosette, isn't there?
Yes, Cosette is the daughter of Fantine.
And also is a...grisette?
Yes!
(whispered) Interesting.
Is that like a fairy tale kind of thing?
Um, maybe a fable is a better word for it. I imagine you've read this. Loads of people
say it's their favourite book.
OK, I'll come back to that one.
Woking and Mars?!
I know, I know.
Um... is it like a sci fi thing?
Mmhmm. But a classic.
Day of the Triffids?
No.
OK, is it HG Wells?
Yes.
What did he write? The Time Machine?
It's not that one.
OK, what else did he write?
There's been a few film versions of this.
War of the Worlds?
Yes! Well done.
Um, I just watched it! It's David Copperfield!
Yes, well done, well done.
Um, oh! Um, Persuasion!
Yep.
Aah, my favourite.
I can like see it happening in your face. It clicks.
Is that Anna Karenina?
Yes.
You've got them all right so far.
Except for the rose and the fox.
Oh yeah, I forgot that one.
OK, you jinxed it.
Now you're falling into the trap you always fall into.
OK, so that means it's a play.
No. But it's not neccessarily a novel
OK. Nonfiction? Something at sea?
No.
OK, we'll come back to that one.
I know this one, that's I Capture the Castle.
I kind of put that in because I know that
the radio scene breaks my heart.
Yeah, I know, me too.
Ooh what would that be? Um, is it, um, The Picture of Dorian Gray?
Yes, it is. Well done.
Space like space? Or space like a room of one's own?
A room of one's own, well done!
Ooh, whatever it is I want to read it. So it's set in Ancient Britain? Ohhhhh, OK.
You're wanting too many clues at this first round stage.
I know, we'll come back to it.
OK, come back to it.
Um, is that Huck Finn? Um, or...
Close, so close.
Yeah. What is that, what's his name? He's Huck Finn's friend.
The Adventures of...
Tom Sawyer.
Yes! Well done.
OK, come back to it.
Um, is that The Turn of the Screw?
Yes.
Robinson Crusoe.
Yes.
Wuthering Heights.
Yes.
Oh! Um. Oh! That reference.
Yes.
Aaah, it's something. Uh, it's Doctor Dolittle!
Yes, well done.
OK, so that's all twenty. So round one complete, but we've got a few more to go over. So you
didn't get...
What is the B612? What reference is that?
It's where the main character is from?
Is the main character a human person? Or are they all animals?
It's a person.
A person but not a human person. Like a magical person?
It's a person from B612, what more information do you need, Emma?
Oh is it, is B612, is it a sci fi thing? Is that in space, is that a planet?
B612 is a planet.
OK. Oh! I do know this one! It's The Little Prince! Oh yeah that is a great one.
I just could see you thinking 'oh my god she gave me a hard sci fi one, what is this?'
OK so this is a nonfiction book.
Mmm. So Beagle is the name of a boat, or ship.
Oh so not a dog.
It's a science book, maybe the most famous science book.
What is the most famous science book? The evolution of the species? The, what's it actually
called?
So close!
Um, it's Darwin's book. Yeah. Which is called... um, close to what I said.
OK, it's The Origin.
The Origin of the Species! Of course it is.
You knew it, you knew it.
A half point maybe.
This one sounds fun. I don't know what question to ask.
I don't know if I'd use the word fun.
It's not fun? OK. I just love sisters and madness. So it's a sad book?
It's a tragedy.
That's quite a good clue.
OK, is it Shakespeare?
It is indeed.
Um, OK, so what's... um, Macbeth? The weird sisters?
Nope.
All of his books have madness and tragedy.
Death and sadness.
Yeah! Um, what else has sisters in it?
He doesn't have many about Ancient Britain though.
No, but I don't know which one is about Ancient Britain.
It's a very famous one.
I don't know.
King Lear.
Oh OK. I don't know anything about King Lear.
It's really good, really tragic.
OK, sounds less fun than what I had in my mind with sisters and madness.
So this is a Victorian novel.
OK.
Very very Victorian.
Very Victorian, OK. Oh! It's Tess of the d'Urbervilles. It's Angel, I hate Angel.
I know I hate Angel too. Such a hypocrite.
Such a good book.
OK, so this one also sounds fun.
And this is the last one, you've got all of the others.
OK, oh I'm doing well.
So the siblings, this is a big clue, the siblings are the authors.
Ohhh. So it's written by multiple people.
So the first two of the three words describe the authors.
The Brothers Grimm!
Yes.
It's the Grimm Fairy Tales!
Well done.
How many did I get, is that my best so far?
I think that, yeah, that's a full clean slate.
I didn't get King Lear.
Oh yeah.
But I think I got the others.
That's right, I got too excited.
That would be so good, one day. So do leave us a comment letting us know how many of those
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I'm so proud of myself!