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Author
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Stephen Hero
1944
The Vegetable, or From President to Postman
1923
The Waltz Invention
1966
L'Education Sentimentale (Sentimental Education)
1869
Pierre: or, the Ambiguities
1852
Dangling Man
1944
Indiscretions of Archie
1921
Islands in the Stream
1970 (Postumous)
Canterville Ghost
1887
Black Mischief
1932
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Obscure Works by Famous Authors Quiz
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Created Oct 15, 2009 in
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RebeccaAMax
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Oct 15th, 2009 at 21:14 GMT
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Did not know some of these were supposed to be obscure. (Sentimental Education especially.)
algernon
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Oct 16th, 2009 at 04:15 GMT
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I'm so happy to see Saul Bellow in another person's quiz!!!!!
CooCooCachoo
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Feb 26th, 2010 at 19:08 GMT
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Earnest? Ernest.
howard38
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Jul 11th, 2010 at 00:55 GMT
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The "Canterville Ghost" is not an obscure work. It has been made into TV, movie and cartoon versions too many times to be considered as such.
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