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Which novel character was created by Gaston Leroux in 1907?
2Joseph Rouletabille
1Herlock Sholmès
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Joseph Joséphin, nicknamed Rouletabille, is a detective novel character created by Gaston Leroux in his novel Le Mystère de la chambre jaune published in 1907.
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Joseph Joséphin, nicknamed Rouletabille, is a detective novel character created by Gaston Leroux in his novel Le Mystère de la chambre jaune published in 1907.
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Who is the author of the dystopian science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451 published in 1953?
1Ray Bradbury
2Aldous Huxley
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Ray Bradbury is the author of the dystopian science-fiction novel Fahrenheit 451, published in 1953. This classic explores a future where books are banned and burned.
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Ray Bradbury is the author of the dystopian science-fiction novel Fahrenheit 451, published in 1953. This classic explores a future where books are banned and burned.
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How many short stories compose the collection Lord Arthur Savile's Crime by Oscar Wilde?
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26
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The Canterville Ghost and Other Short Stories by Oscar Wilde comprises four short stories, published between 1887 and 1891, combining humor, fantasy and satire.
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The Canterville Ghost and Other Short Stories by Oscar Wilde comprises four short stories, published between 1887 and 1891, combining humor, fantasy and satire.
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When was George Orwell's famous novel 1984 published?
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21984
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George Orwell's novel 1984 was published in 1949. This visionary dystopia depicts a totalitarian regime where Big Brother monitors every citizen.
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George Orwell's novel 1984 was published in 1949. This visionary dystopia depicts a totalitarian regime where Big Brother monitors every citizen.
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What is Edmond Rostand's most famous play?
1Cyrano de Bergerac
2The Count of Monte Cristo
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Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand's famous play inspired by Savinien de Cyrano, was first performed in Paris on December 28, 1897.
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Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand's famous play inspired by Savinien de Cyrano, was first performed in Paris on December 28, 1897.
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What's Madame Bovary's first name?
1Emma
2Virginie
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Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary (1857) recounts the quest of Emma Bovary, married to a provincial doctor, to escape boredom through adventure and excessive luxury.
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Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary (1857) recounts the quest of Emma Bovary, married to a provincial doctor, to escape boredom through adventure and excessive luxury.
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To which cycle does the novel The Plague by Albert Camus, published in 1947, belong?
2The cycle of revolt
1The cycle of absurd
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The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus published in 1947 and receiving the Critics' Prize the same year. It belongs to the cycle of revolt bringing together three works by Camus, The Plague, The Revolted Man and The Righteous, which in part enabled its author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957.
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The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus published in 1947 and receiving the Critics' Prize the same year. It belongs to the cycle of revolt bringing together three works by Camus, The Plague, The Revolted Man and The Righteous, which in part enabled its author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957.
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Which science fiction novel inspired Ridley Scott for his 1982 film Blade Runner?
2Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
1Brave New World
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Blade Runner is an American science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, released in 1982. Its screenplay is loosely based on the novel Do androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by author Philip K. Dick, to whom the film is dedicated.
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Blade Runner is an American science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, released in 1982. Its screenplay is loosely based on the novel Do androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by author Philip K. Dick, to whom the film is dedicated.
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Who is the author of the science fiction short story collection Martian Chronicles?
1Ray Bradbury
2Orson Welles
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Martian Chronicles is a collection of science fiction short stories by American author Ray Bradbury, first published in the United States in 1950 by Doubleday.
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Martian Chronicles is a collection of science fiction short stories by American author Ray Bradbury, first published in the United States in 1950 by Doubleday.
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Which novel by Boris Vian was published in 1947?
1Froth on the Daydream
2Heartsnatcher
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In 1947, Boris Vian published Froth on the Daydream, a novel combining love, poetry and surrealism, where the absurd rubs shoulders with tenderness in a dreamlike universe.
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In 1947, Boris Vian published Froth on the Daydream, a novel combining love, poetry and surrealism, where the absurd rubs shoulders with tenderness in a dreamlike universe.
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