Unfinished Works by Great Authors

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1. Not only because it remains without a resolution, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" is a suspenseful novel. When the author died, the unrecorded conclusion was lost but the book is still noted as a classic. Who wrote this puzzling novel of crime and detection? Joseph Conrad Leo Tolstoy Charles Dickens Anthony Trollope

2. Published with a rough outline based on the author’s notes, "The Last Tycoon" marked the end of what legendary American writer’s career? Ernest Hemingway F. Scott Fitzgerald William Faulkner Jack Kerouac

3. Because of the author’s tendency to get sidetracked on other works, "The Garden of Eden" was never completed over a fifteen year period and was published 25 years after the writer’s death. Who wrote it? Vladimir Nabokov Ernest Hemingway John Steinbeck Ken Kesey

4. The "Christian Science Monitor" reported, "if it could have been completed, "The Buccaneers" would doubtless stand among the richest and most sophisticated" of the author’s novels. What New Englander wrote this intricate work? Herman Melville Louisa May Alcott Edith Wharton Nathaniel Hawthorne

5. The messy state of his final novel, "El zorro de arriba y el zorro de abajo" ("The Fox From Up Above and the Fox From Down Below"), reflects the author’s declining belief in his own ability to write — a likely factor in his decision to commit suicide. Regardless of his own doubt, this author is a treasured figure in Latin American fiction; who is it? Mario Vargas Llosa Carlos Fuentes Gabriel Garcia Marquez Jose Maria Arguedas

6. The potential novel "Sanditon" was abandoned due to illness but is not only available in its fragmentary form, but also in an edition completed by a writer known simply as "Another Lady." Who wrote this book that deals with a number of topics including hypochondria? Emily Bronte Lewis Carroll Charlotte Lennox Jane Austen

7. This author left an unfinished manuscript called "Emma" when she died in pregnancy. The potential novel was later completed by another author and republished as "Emma Brown" in 2004. Who wrote the original 19th-century fragment about Victorian England? Jane Austen Charlotte Bronte George Eliot Edith Wharton

8. "Under the Jaguar Sun" was intended to contain five stories — one for each sense. Unfortunately, the author passed away after only completing three of the five tales. This slender volume is still a testament to the author’s vibrant imagination. Who wrote it? Italo Calvino Jorge Luis Borges Umberto Eco Franz Kafka

9. This author’s final novel, "Arctic Summer," was left unfinished when the author passed away after suffering a number of strokes. The book was published a decade after the author’s passing. Who wrote this slender volume? E.E. Cummings E.B. White J.M. Barrie E.M. Forster

10. This book’s presence is unique in this quiz because its development was not arrested by the author’s death, but by the author’s arrest. While working on the manuscript for "Netochka Nezvanova," the author was sent to a Siberian labor camp. The book was published in partial form and never revisited by the author. Who wrote this psychological but relatively simple tale? Leo Tolstoy Nikolai Gogol Ivan Turgenev Fyodor Dostoevsky