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 Famous Last Lines
Of Mice and Men. Read about the rabbits, George.
| 'It is a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known' are the immortal last words from which Dickens novel? | Famous Last Words!
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A Tale of Two Cities. This has got to be one of my favourite end quotes - such powerful words from Sydney Carton as he takes the place of his double on the guillotine so the love of his life may live in peace and happiness.
| Which Jane Austin book starts: 'It is a truth universally acknowledged . . .' and ends: '. . . had been the means of uniting them'? | Famous Last Words!
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Pride and Prejudice. The timeless tale of Elizabeth and Darcy - it would be hard to beat this one for a classic love story.
| Which initialled author wrote these famous last words? - 'But if the Professor was right it was only the beginning of the adventures in Narnia.' | Famous Last Words!
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C. S. Lewis. This was from 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'. Although the books about Narnia are classified as 'children's books', they have a quality about them which does not age, and are just as enjoyable as a person gets older.
| The heroine's solution to everything is summed up in the last line of 'Gone with the Wind' by Margaret Mitchell. But what exactly did the last line say? | Famous Last Words!
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After all, Tomorrow is another day.. Rhett left Scarlett just as she came to realise how much she loved him, and she was determined to get him back again - the novel leaves her taking a deep breath, ready to fight to regain her lost love.
| 'But the provoking kitten only began on the other paw, and pretended it hadn't heard the question. Which do you think it was?' - immortal last words from which fantasy? | Famous Last Words!
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Through the Looking Glass. This book and 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' were, of course, written by Lewis Carroll. 'Peter Pan' was written by J. M. Barrie and 'James and the Giant Peach' by Roald Dahl.
| The first line was 'The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it.' What was the last line? | Famous Last Words!
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I am still in the orchard at Birtwick standing with my old friends under the apple trees.. 'We can stop at Mancini's and have a little dinner on the way.' comes from 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' by Arthur Conan Doyle. 'O, let me cry. Let me cry, my love.' comes from Catherine Cookson's 'The Maltese Angel'. 'But I had done my best service, I think, before I put on khaki.' comes from 'The 39 Steps' by John Buchan. The first and last line quotes above come from Anna Sewell's 'Black Beauty'.
| Which book ends: "'You're looking unusually cheerful today,' said the second-in-command."? | Famous Last Words!
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Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh). 'Brideshead Revisited' was dramatised in the UK in the 1980s and is still immensely popular today; likewise, 'Gulliver's Travels' was produced by the BBC in the 1990s, a three-part series which was received with great acclaim. 'The Three Musketeers' has been the subject of various incarnations on the big screen, but my favourite has to be the tongue-in-cheek version with Richard Chamberlain and Oliver Reed with Racquel Welch!
| Which well-known writer wrote this 'famous last word' - 'And now I think I have said sufficient'? | Famous Last Words!
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Anne Bronte. It seemed an apt quote to end the quiz!
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