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1. The setting, Wyoming; two young men meet, fall in love, part ways but reunite each year. Which Annie Proulx short story is this?
2. A young woman's ghost haunts the wild Yorkshire Moors, while the man she passionately loved (and who loved her) exacts his revenge. What classic tale, written under the pseudonym, Ellis Bell, is this?
3. Penelope, at the end of her life, reflects on Richard, her lover, killed in World War II, and decides how to distribute her father's legacy of important paintings between her three children. Author, Rosamunde Pilcher. What is the book's title?
4. This Queen loved her husband, but fell passionately in love with his friend. This was the catalyst for the fall of the kingdom and the breaking of the Round Table. A 15th century classic, based on Sir Thomas Malory's work, what is it commonly known as?
5. It is the end of the First World War. The heroine's aristocratic husband returns home paralysed from the waist down. She becomes attracted to the gamekeeper, Oliver, and they embark on a passionate and secret romance. Which scandalous novel was this?
6. This tempestuous romance is set in Georgia during the Civil War. Spoiled and spirited, our heroine makes a play for a former beau, then for a rogueish blockade-runner. Her love for him (and for her stately plantation home) becomes an obsession. Which Southern best-seller was this?
7. A nurse, on honeymoon in Scotland, is transported back 200 years in time. For protection she is forced to marry a young Laird, and gradually finds herself hopelessly in love with him. Diana Gabaldon's first in a highly popular series was called "Cross-Stitch" in England and Australia. What is it more universally known as?
8. Allie and Noah fall in love, he has to leave but tries to stay in touch via letters, which are never answered. Fourteen years later they meet again; she is now engaged to another. Which man will she choose?
Which Nicholas Sparks' novel is this?
9. University professor with Asperger's seeks a wife. Must be the perfect partner and pass the written test. Only punctual, logical women need apply.
Graeme Simsion is the undeservedly little-known author of which title?
10. In Colombia, Florentino and Fermina fall in love, and are separated by her father; she marries a respected doctor. In old age, the widowed Fermina has another chance to rekindle her love. Written by a Nobel Prize-winner, which well-loved novel is this?
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