Which Fiction was First Trivia Quiz

"The Leatherstocking Tales" is a series of five novels by James Fenimore Cooper, published between 1823 and 1841. The novels constitute a saga of 18th-century life among Indians and white pioneers on the New York State frontier through their portrayal of the adventures of the main character, Natty Bumppo.

"The Scarlet Letter" was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in 1850. Hawthorne was a contemporary of fellow Transcendalists Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Louisa May Alcott. The story takes place in Puritan New England. The letter "A" labels a woman an adulteress.

"Moby-Dick" was written by Herman Melville. Melville was a neighbor of, and very much influenced by, Nathaniel Hawthorne. Moby-Dick was published in London in October 1851 as "The Whale". It was not well-received. After years of neglect, Melville has secured his place with that of the great American writers.

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and published in 1852. An abolitionist novel, it achieved wide popularity, particularly among white readers in the North, by vividly dramatizing the experience of slavery.

Louisa May Alcott wrote "Little Women" and it was published in 1868. Alcott's father was a Transcendentalist, and she grew up in the company of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.

"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" was written by Mark Twain, aka Samuel Clemens, and published in 1876. The book is a satirical novel that is considered a classic of American literature.

"The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn" was written by Mark Twain, aka Samuel Clemens, and published in 1885 as a sequel to "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". Huck runs away from his abusive father and, with his companion, the runaway slave Jim, makes a long and adventuresome trip down the Mississippi River on a raft.

"Call of the Wild" was written by Jack London and published in 1903. It is the story of a dog named Buck and his unbreakable spirit in the fight for survival in the frozen Alaskan Klondike.

"The Great Gatsby" was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, aka Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, and published in 1925. The story is told through a third person and tells of Jay Gatsby's pursuit of his first love in New York during the roaring twenties. The book didn't become a commercial success until the 1950s.

"The Sun Also Rises" was written by Earnest Hemingway and published in 1926. "The Sun Also Rises" was Hemingway's first major novel. He considered himself to be a member of the "lost generation", a group of writers that included F. Scott Fitzgerald and E.E. Cummings among others. They felt "lost" because the values they grew-up with were no longer relevant amidst the materialistic and emotionally barren 1920s.

The novel is about a group of American and British expats who, disillusioned, wander around Europe after WWI.