Can you name the authors of classic British literature?

Title	Author
Animal Farm
The Canterbury Tales
Jane Eyre
Robinson Crusoe
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Wuthering Heights
A Tale of Two Cities
To the Lighthouse
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Silas Marner

Title	Author
Frankenstein
Pride and Prejudice
Vanity Fair
The Jungle Book
Lady Chatterley's Lover
The War of the Worlds
A Room with a View
Brideshead Revisited
Brave New World
Alice in Wonderland

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British Authors Quiz

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Published: March 21st, 2008
Category: Literature
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Tags: Novel Quizzes, title, classic, british, uk pack, author

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	Rzeziol:	Feb 23rd, 2009 at 21:26 GMT	11 points
	I didn't get Dickens, but you're the one who didn't get Jane Austen and George Orwell.

	LaStic:	Feb 28th, 2009 at 11:53 GMT	5 points
	I got 17, but only because my son reminded me how to spell Woolf

	blue_elephant:	Mar 7th, 2009 at 18:59 GMT	9 points
	we got all right, only because my mum was standing over me telling me how to spell stuff

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	sarah2:	Apr 14th, 2009 at 17:42 GMT	4 points
	I knew most of them. The only ones I didn't get were the ones I had never read before. But I couldn't remember Emily Bronte even though. I think the last name confused me.

	Shapes9322:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 16:33 GMT	-1 points
	f'in forster

	jiminymatthew:	Jul 8th, 2009 at 08:59 GMT	13 points
	Goddamn I love British authors.

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	chaletian:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 12:15 GMT	14 points
	Technically, there isn't actually a book called Alice in Wonderland - it's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

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	Stewart:	Oct 30th, 2009 at 00:04 GMT	11 points
	It confused me that "Bronte" didn't work although last names alone worked for all the other authors. It seems common on sporcle for a common last name to trigger all the matching answers.

	fifi_fole:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 21:00 GMT	4 points
	@Stewart as there is more than one Bronte, you needed the first name.

	abanazerb:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 15:32 GMT	-1 points
	Thanks, good quiz. I agree re the Brontes - it's too easy in their case to accept the surname.

	lumosliz:	Jan 12th, 2010 at 02:44 GMT	0 points
	i'm having a problem with alice in wonderland, as it had been pointed out that the book is alice's adventure in wonderland.

	Brax:	Jan 23rd, 2010 at 22:43 GMT	1 point
	I got half of it and George Eliot by accident, because I had T.S. Eliot in mind without looking at any clues. :p And yes, I missed Dickens. I just don't know and the most famous have a habit of not coming to mind when the clock is ticking...but I gave up early, I should use the time to be more efficient. Hehe.

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	cubssouvenirman:	Feb 12th, 2010 at 04:53 GMT	2 points
	damn, couldn't remember Tackery!

	RodeoJoe:	Apr 11th, 2010 at 03:53 GMT	0 points
	Because "Bronte" wasn't accepted, I assumed I was remembering the authors wrong. Be consistent. Make us put the whole name for everyone, or accept the last name alone for everyone. This was lame.

	zeppelinoid:	May 4th, 2010 at 14:35 GMT	1 point
	I don't think anyone could argue that all of the works have merit and could be described as "classics". I agree that there are a lot of other great authors and poets that merit inclusion. TS Eliot was an American (albeit UK naturalised). Took 8 attempts before spelling Thackeray correctly.

	bibliophile17:	May 31st, 2010 at 15:47 GMT	0 points
	I am much better at American literature. I recognized the authors' names after they showed up on this quiz, but I never heard of three of these books. Perhaps I should do what someone did on the American Lit quiz and pronounce everything I don't know as garbage to hide my own ignorance! (Just kidding, I promise to check out "To the Lighthouse" the next time I hit the library.)

	Joek295:	Jun 3rd, 2010 at 14:02 GMT	1 point
	I lost points. Some through forgetfulness, others through sheer inability to spell the names.

	mellybmel:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 01:37 GMT	1 point
	Again, an interesting collection, and, again, too much time for a recall exercise. Still, my compliments for putting up a literary quiz that makes us Sporclers think again about books we've been meaning to read or reread.

	CrazyCat:	Dec 5th, 2010 at 13:54 GMT	5 points
	@kaulbach: What a silly comment - obviously not every single classic British author is going to be in the quiz, otherwise the list would go on forever! And personally, I think Wells and Huxley are better choices than the ones you've suggested.

	9toes:	Dec 5th, 2010 at 16:00 GMT	5 points
	have read all but two of these and I still only got 14. It was the best of quizzes. It was the worst of results.

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	jefe_:	Jan 24th, 2011 at 03:02 GMT	10 points
	Just add a bonus telling us to specify which Bronte.

	tulliuscicero:	Feb 26th, 2011 at 19:52 GMT	1 point
	Doubleplusgood quiz, especially for including Orwell.

	BeckyJPM:	May 15th, 2011 at 14:36 GMT	1 point
	Excellent quiz! :D Can't believe I forgot H.G. Wells though. I love these books...

	TessSGS:	May 20th, 2011 at 07:02 GMT	7 points
	I typed Bronte and Charlotte came up. Surely if you have to type both names, this shouldn't have happened.

	ahamilton:	May 26th, 2011 at 15:56 GMT	3 points
	I could've sworn that Wuthering Hights was Bronte, but typing "bronte" only gave me Charlotte for Jane Eyre

	Snaffles:	Jan 20th, 2012 at 01:48 GMT	1 point
	I missed five... maybe not too bad, but still pretty embarrassing for an English student (in both senses of the word - a Brit who studies English).