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How many novels make up Emile Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle?
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The Rougon-Macquart cycle is a series of 20 novels written by รmile Zola, one of the greatest French naturalist writers of the 19th century.
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The Rougon-Macquart cycle is a series of 20 novels written by รmile Zola, one of the greatest French naturalist writers of the 19th century.
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Which novel by Carole Martinez received the Prix Goncourt des lycรฉens in 2011?
1Du domaine des Murmures
2La terre qui penche

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Du domaine des Murmures is a novel by Carole Martinez published on August 18, 2011 by Gallimard and won the Prix Goncourt des lycรฉens in 2011.
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Du domaine des Murmures is a novel by Carole Martinez published on August 18, 2011 by Gallimard and won the Prix Goncourt des lycรฉens in 2011.
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Which famous novel by Charles Dickens was published between February 1837 and April 1839?
2Oliver Twist
1David Copperfield

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Charles Dickens' famous novel Oliver Twist was published between February 1837 and April 1839. It tells the poignant story of a young orphan.
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Charles Dickens' famous novel Oliver Twist was published between February 1837 and April 1839. It tells the poignant story of a young orphan.
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Which novel by John Steinbeck was published in 1937?
2Of Mice and Men
1The Grapes of Wrath

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John Steinbeck's 1937 novel Of Mice and Men tells the touching story of two itinerant workers during the Great Depression.
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John Steinbeck's 1937 novel Of Mice and Men tells the touching story of two itinerant workers during the Great Depression.
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Who is the author of the play Waiting for Godot published in 1952?
2Samuel Beckett
1Oscar Wilde

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Waiting for Godot, a play published in 1952, was written by Samuel Beckett, Irish playwright and leading figure of the theater of the absurd.
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Waiting for Godot, a play published in 1952, was written by Samuel Beckett, Irish playwright and leading figure of the theater of the absurd.
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Who is the author of the epistolary novel Dracula published in 1897?
1Bram Stoker
2Mary Shelley

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The author of the epistolary novel Dracula, published in 1897, is Bram Stoker. This classic of Gothic literature popularized the vampire myth.
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The author of the epistolary novel Dracula, published in 1897, is Bram Stoker. This classic of Gothic literature popularized the vampire myth.
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Who is the author of the realist novel Bel-Ami published in 1885?
2Guy de Maupassant
1Gustave Flaubert

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The author of the realistic novel Bel-Ami, published in 1885, is Guy de Maupassant, a famous 19th-century French writer.
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The author of the realistic novel Bel-Ami, published in 1885, is Guy de Maupassant, a famous 19th-century French writer.
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Which novel by Alberto Moravia was adapted for the cinema by Jean-Luc Godard in 1963?
2Contempt
1 Breathless

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Contempt is an Italian novel by Alberto Moravia published in 1954. It was adapted for the cinema by Jean-Luc Godard in Le Mรฉpris in 1963.
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Contempt is an Italian novel by Alberto Moravia published in 1954. It was adapted for the cinema by Jean-Luc Godard in Le Mรฉpris in 1963.
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When did Edgar Allan Poe publish the collection of short stories Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque?
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Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is a collection of short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1840.
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Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is a collection of short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1840.
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Who is the author of the science fiction novel The Planet of the Apes published in 1963?
1Pierre Boulle
2Michael Crichton

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The author of the science-fiction novel Planet of the Apes, published in 1963, is Pierre Boulle. The novel explores a society where apes dominate humans.
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The author of the science-fiction novel Planet of the Apes, published in 1963, is Pierre Boulle. The novel explores a society where apes dominate humans.
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