[CLOSED]Elendil's Literary Bonanza

[Elendil]

Below you will see a list of 25 literary characters. Your task is twofold:

1. List the book that these characters appear in

2. Tell me the unique quality present in this list.

First correct post wins (Prize shown below)

A few ground rules:

1. One post per person. Post more than once and you are disqualified. Don't post questions, this will count as your entry. it is pretty straightforward, but PM with questions and I will post answers here if needed.

2. Edit your post and you are disqualified.

3. Winning answer must have both the book titles and unique quality correct to win.


The winning poster will get the following:

(1) 5V box mod with on/off switch (uses 14500 batts--not included)
(1) Brand new Joye 510 atomizer
(1) 60ml 24mg RY4 juice--new and unopened (MFS brand)

Good Luck!!

 

[Elendil]

1. Arthur Dimmesdale
2. Alexangre Manette
3. Pierre Bezukhov
4. Judge Miller
5. Suzanne de Tournay
6. Ona Rudkus
7. Casper Gutman
8. Bill Bonham
9. Emmanuel Goldstein
10, Holden Caulfield
11. Fern Arable
12. Fatty Bolger
13. Jack Merridew
14. Clare Quilty
15. Doc Daneeka
16. P.R. Deltoid
17. Kilgore Trout
18. Jack Woltz
19. Moose Freed
20. Fiver
21. Brother Leon
22. Beth Jarrett
23. Fran Goldsmith
24. Polly Chalmers
25. Roger Durling

 

[bobtow]

My guess they are maiden names of movie stars.

 

[zelda]

1. The Scarlet Letter
2. A Tale of Two Cities
3. War and Peace
4. The Crucible
5. The Scarlett Pimpernel
6. The Jungle
7. The Maltese Falcon
8 Johnny Got His Gun
9. 1984
10, The Catcher in the Rye
11. Charlottes Web
12.Lord of the Rings
13. Lord of the Flies
14. Lolita
15. Catch-22
16. A Clockwork Orange
17. Breakfast of Champions
18. The Godfather
19. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
20. Watership down
21. The Chocolate War
22. Ordinary People
23. The Stand
24. Needful Things
25. Debt of Honor

Unique quality -all have been made into movies.

 

[jiff]

i was too late

BY ONE MINUTE!!!

 

[Cody Badger]

1. Scarlet Letter
2. Tale of Two Cities
3. War and Peace
4. Call of the Wild
5. The Scarlet Pimpernel
6. The Jungle
7. The Maltese Falcon
8. Cause Celeb
9. Ninteen Eighty-Four
10. The Catcher In the Rye
11. Charlottes Web
12. The Lord of the Rings
13. Lord of the Flies
14. Lolita
15. Catch-22
16. A Clockwork Orange
17. Slaughterhouse Five / God Bless You, Mr Rosewater / etc. (Many Vonnegut books actually)
18. The Godfather
19. Are You There God? It's Me Margaret
20. Watership Down
21. The Chocolate War
22. Ordinary People
23. The Stand
24. Needfull Things
25. Sum of All Fears / Debt of Honors (Multiple Tom Clancy novels)

Inherent factor of all? Good books, but they all deal with some sort of beaurocratic oppression, or oppression from being in a new unfamiliar place.

 

[Elendil]

No winner yet.............

 

[UntamedRose]

1. Arthur Dimmesdale : Scarlet letter
2. Alexangre Manette: A Tale of Two Cities
3. Pierre Bezukhov: war andpeace
4. Judge Miller: call of the wild
5. Suzanne de Tourna scarlet pimpernel

6. Ona Rudkus: the jungle
7. Casper Gutman: Maltese falcon
8. Bill Bonham Johnny Got His Gun
9. Emmanuel Goldstein 1984
10, Holden Caulfield The Catcher in the Rye
11. Fern Arable Charlotte's Web
12. Fatty Bolger LOTR! Fellowship
13. Jack Merridew Lord of the flies
14. Clare Quilty Lolita
15. Doc Daneeka catch 22
16. P.R. Deltoid A Clockwork Orange
17. Kilgore Trout Venus on the half shell
18. Jack Woltz The Godfather
19. Moose Freed Archie comic
20. Fiver Watership Down
21. Brother Leon Chocolate War
22. Beth Jarrett ordinary people
23. Fran Goldsmith the stand
24. Polly Chalmers Needful Things
25. Roger Durling Debt of Honor




They have all had been banned at one point.

 

[jiff]

1. Arthur Dimmesdale - The Scarlet Letter
2. Alexangre Manette - A Tale of Two cities
3. Pierre Bezukhov - War and Peace
4. Judge Miller - Call of the Wild
5. Suzanne de Tournay - The Scarlet Pimpernel
6. Ona Rudkus - The Jungle
7. Casper Gutman - The Maltese Falcon
8. Bill Bonham - Johnny got His Gun
9. Emmanuel Goldstein - Nineteen Eighty Four
10, Holden Caulfield - Catcher in the Rye
11. Fern Arable - Charlotte's Web
12. Fatty Bolger - The Lord of the RIngs
13. Jack Merridew - Lord of the Flies
14. Clare Quilty - Lolita
15. Doc Daneeka - Catch 22
16. P.R. Deltoid - A Clockwork Orange
17. Kilgore Trout - A pseudonym as well as character in novels by Kurt Vonnegut
18. Jack Woltz - The Godfather
19. Moose Freed - are you there god, it's me margarett
20. Fiver - Watership Down
21. Brother Leon - The Chocolate War
22. Beth Jarrett - Ordinary People
23. Fran Goldsmith - The Stand
24. Polly Chalmers - Needful Things
25. Roger Durling - Tom clancy novels

Unique Aspect: All are books present in a school reading list???

 

[Bubbakinns]

1. Arthur Dimmesdale - The Scarlet Letter
2. Alexangre Manette - A Tale of Two Cities
3. Pierre Bezukhov - War and Peace
4. Judge Miller - The Call of the Wild
5. Suzanne de Tournay - The Scarlet Pimpernel
6. Ona Rudkus - The Jungle
7. Casper Gutman - The Maltese Falcon
8. Bill Bonham - Johnny Got His Gun
9. Emmanuel Goldstein - Nineteen Eighty Four
10, Holden Caulfield - The Catcher in the Rye
11. Fern Arable - Charlotte's Web
12. Fatty Bolger - The Lord of the Rings
13. Jack Merridew - Lord of the Flies
14. Clare Quilty - Lolita
15. Doc Daneeka - Catch 22
16. P.R. Deltoid - A Clockwork Orange
17. Kilgore Trout - Breakfast of Champions
18. Jack Woltz - The Godfather
19. Moose Freed - Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
20. Fiver - Watership Down
21. Brother Leon - The Chocolate War
22. Beth Jarrett - Ordinary People
23. Fran Goldsmith - The Stand
24. Polly Chalmers - Needful Things
25. Roger Durling - The Tom Clancy novels

All made into movies?

 

[TWolf]

1. Arthur Dimmesdale - "The Scarlet Letter"
2. Alexangre Manette - "A Tale of Two Cities"
3. Pierre Bezukhov - "War and Peace"
4. Judge Miller - "Call of the Wild"
5. Suzanne de Tournay - "The Scarlet Pimpernel"
6. Ona Rudkus - "The Jungle"
7. Casper Gutman - "The Maltese Falcon"
8. Bill Bonham - "Johnny Got His Gun"
9. Emmanuel Goldstein - "Nineteen Eighty-Four"
10, Holden Caulfield - "Catcher in the Rye"
11. Fern Arable - "Charlotte's Web"
12. Fatty Bolger - "The Lord of the Rings"
13. Jack Merridew - "Lord of the Flies"
14. Clare Quilty - "Lolita"
15. Doc Daneeka - "Catch-22"
16. P.R. Deltoid - "A Clockwork Orange"
17. Kilgore Trout - 1st appearance "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater" Most well known "Breakfest of Champions" and "Slaughterhouse-Five"
18. Jack Woltz - "The Godfather"
19. Moose Freed - ""Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret"
20. Fiver - "Watership Down"
21. Brother Leon - "The Chocolate War"
22. Beth Jarrett - "Ordinary People"
23. Fran Goldsmith - "The Stand"
24. Polly Chalmers - "Needful Things"
25. Roger Durling - 1st appearance "The Hunt for Red October"

Unique quality: All movies... All required reading in some school...
One character, Kilgore Trout, attibuted author of his own book... "Venus on the Half-Shell"

 

[pm2006]

1. Scarlet Letter
2. Tale of Two Cities
3. War and Peace
4. Call of the Wild
5. The Scarlet Pimpernel
6. The Jungle
7. The Maltese Falcon
8. Cause Celeb
9. 1984
10. The Catcher In the Rye
11. Charlotte's Web
12. The Lord of the Rings
13. Lord of the Flies
14. Lolita
15. Catch-22
16. A Clockwork Orange
17. Slaughterhouse Five, God Bless You, Mr Rosewater, et al.
18. The Godfather
19. Are You There God? It's Me Margaret
20. Watership Down
21. The Chocolate War
22. Ordinary People
23. The Stand
24. Needful Things
25. Debt of Honors

Best Sellers

 

[JaYBoNeS]

1. Arthur Dimmesdale - The Scarlet Letter
2. Alexandre Manette - A Tale of Two Cities
3. Pierre Bezukhov - War and Peace
4. Judge Miller - Call of the Wild
5. Suzanne de Tournay - The Scarlet Pimpernel
6. Ona Rudkus - The Jungle
7. Casper Gutman - The Maltese Falcon
8. Bill Bonham - Johnny Got His Gun
9. Emmanuel Goldstein - Nineteen Eighty-Four
10, Holden Caulfield - Catcher in the Rye
11. Fern Arable - Charlotte's Web
12. Fatty Bolger - Fellowship of the Ring
13. Jack Merridew - Lord of the Flies
14. Clare Quilty - Lolita
15. Doc Daneeka - Catch-22
16. P.R. Deltoid - A Clockwork Orange
17. Kilgore Trout - Slaughterhouse-Five
18. Jack Woltz - The Godfather
19. Moose Freed - Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
20. Fiver - Watership Down
21. Brother Leon - The Chocolate War
22. Beth Jarrett - Ordinary People
23. Fran Goldsmith - The Stand
24. Polly Chalmers - Needful Things
25. Roger Durling - Debt of Honor

All are not main characters (protagonist)

 

[Elendil]

I have been asked to provide clarification for my second requirement. (Unique quality)

Hint: think in terms of the structure of the list.

I will allow anyone who posted a list to post anther guess for #2 only do not reports or edit your list.

Posting another guess for #2 does not mean your list is correct.

Good Luck

 

[TWolf]

#2 Unique Quality
List is in order from oldest character appearance in print to latest, based on last book published.

 

[martha1014]

There is absolutely no way anybody knew all of these. You can google it to find out. Is that fair.

 

[jiff]

Hint: think in terms of the structure of the list.

1. Arthur Dimmesdale - The Scarlet Letter
2. Alexangre Manette - A Tale of Two cities
3. Pierre Bezukhov - War and Peace
4. Judge Miller - Call of the Wild
5. Suzanne de Tournay - The Scarlet Pimpernel
6. Ona Rudkus - The Jungle
7. Casper Gutman - The Maltese Falcon
8. Bill Bonham - Johnny got His Gun
9. Emmanuel Goldstein - Nineteen Eighty Four
10, Holden Caulfield - Catcher in the Rye
11. Fern Arable - Charlotte's Web
12. Fatty Bolger - The Lord of the RIngs
13. Jack Merridew - Lord of the Flies
14. Clare Quilty - Lolita
15. Doc Daneeka - Catch 22
16. P.R. Deltoid - A Clockwork Orange
17. Kilgore Trout - A pseudonym as well as character in novels by Kurt Vonnegut
18. Jack Woltz - The Godfather
19. Moose Freed - are you there god, it's me margarett
20. Fiver - Watership Down
21. Brother Leon - The Chocolate War
22. Beth Jarrett - Ordinary People
23. Fran Goldsmith - The Stand
24. Polly Chalmers - Needful Things
25. Roger Durling - Tom clancy novels

Unique quality in list structure: In order of when they were written?

 

[Elendil]

winner!!!!


twolf

 

[Elendil]

1. The Scarlet Letter 1850
2. A Tale of Two Cities 1859
3. War and Peace 1865
4. Call of the Wild 1903
5. The Scarlet Pimpernel 1905
6. The Jungle 1906
7. The Maltese Falcon
8. Johnny Got His Gun 1939
9. 1984 1948
10. Catcher in the Rye 1951
11. Charlotte’s Web 1952
12. Fellowship of the Ring 1954
13. Lord of the Flies 1954
14. Lolita 1955
15. Catch 22 1961
16. A Clockwork Orange 1962
17. Slaughterhouse Five 1969
18. The Godfather 1969
19. Are you there God, It’s me Margaret 1970
20. Watership Down 1972
21. The Chocolate War 1974
22. Ordinary People 1976
23. The Stand 1978
24. Needful Things 1991
25. Debt of Honor 1994

 

[TWolf]

All Right!!! Thanks, Elendil!