What's My Book?

[dolorous_ett]

I pinched this idea from dolabellae because I thought it sounded like fun.

The game is as follows - I give the last sentence or couple of sentences from five of my favourite books. Your task - to identify the books.

1. Extreme malice distorted his dusky, half familiar face. Then someone cried: "Look!" and I looked in terror over my shoulder and saw under the dark trees a figure folded in a blue cape, faceless, motionless, watching me.

2. His feet left the ground, the rope cutting into the soft flesh beneath his chin. Up into the air he jerked, kicking and twisting, up and up and up.

3. She gloried in being a sailor's wife, but she must pay the tax of quick alarm for belonging to that profession which is, if possible, more distinguished in its domestic virtures than its national importance.

4. Still I wunt have no other track.

5. If Senior Members of the University chose to stand - in their gowns too! - closely and passionately embracing in New College Lane right under the Warden's window, he was powerless to prevent it. He primly settled his white band and went upon his walk unheeded; and no hand plucked his velvet sleeve.

One from a detective story, one from fantasy. Two male authors, three female. Two American writers, three British. No science fiction - my favourites that are with me at the moment either have really obvious endings or endings that could belong to anything. In general, my favourite science fiction books don't seem able to cut it where resounding endings are concerned. It's odd that I never noticed.

Comments

[catkind.livejournal.com]

Well, I'll jump in quickly for the easy ones: 3 is Persuasion, and 5 is Gaudy Night. Both favourites of mine too; for the rest, 'aven't a clue, guv.

[dolorous-ett.livejournal.com]

Right on both counts!

Actually, I didn't think Persuasion would be one of hte "easy" ones at all - well spotted.