Comments on: Famous Last Words

By: August Meeting « Middle Tennessee Christian Writers

August Meeting « Middle Tennessee Christian Writers — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:48:21 +0000

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By: Heidi Ruby Miller

Heidi Ruby Miller — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:32:46 +0000

I knew five flat out and guessed on two, but wow, was that hard!

By: Austin Field

Austin Field — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:50:09 +0000

Hi! I just found your website and I love it. I’ll be spending a lot of time culling your archives to catch up on your writing courses, that’s for sure!

Okay, I’m not sure on all of these, but I thought I would try. I knew that literature degree would come in handy some day…

1. Tale of Two Cities, Dickens
2. Moby Dick, Melville
3. The Lord of the Rings, Return of the King, Tolkein
4. I think this is a Frank Peretti book–maybe The Visitation?
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7. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
8. Persuasion, Austen
9. Frankenstein, Shelley
10. I know this one is Willa Cather, I can’t remember which one, but I’m going to guess My Antonia
11. The Far Side of the World, O’Brian
12. Dracula my favorite, Stoker
13. Cinderella, The Brothers Grimm ???? total guess!
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By: What Are Some Last Lines YOU Like? « Kaye Dacus’s Write Place, Write Time

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:27:27 +0000

[...] Filed under: last lines, craft of fiction writing — kndacus @ 8:27 am While the contest is still going on, and before we get into the in-depth discussion of last lines, I thought [...]

By: Erica

Erica — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 04:14:16 +0000

Man, the only one I recognized for certain was number 5. I’ll be checking back for the answers too.

By: Katherine Coble

Katherine Coble — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 03:56:21 +0000

1. Said by Sidney Carton at the end of Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)

2. It’s bugging me, but I’m not for sure…Wait…Moby Dick? Yeah. I’m bettin’ so. I was just glad to see the end of that sucker. (Herman Melville)

3. Said by Sam Gamgee at the end of Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (J.R.R. Tolkein)

5. Little House In The Big Woods (Laura Ingalls Wilder)

7. NOT the Bible, but it’s bugging me as to which book it is, because I know I know it.

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11. I know this is one of the Aubrey-Maturin series’ books. I think it’s probably Master & Commander, so I’ll go with that. (Patrick O’Brien)

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15. Said by Christy about Dr. Neil MacNeill at the end of Christy (Catherine Marshall)

By: GeorgianaD

GeorgianaD — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 03:49:59 +0000

Oh I’m so unlearned! Gee, I outta read more. Leave it to you to pull a toughy on us! I’ll be checking back for the answers.

By: Sally Bradley

Sally Bradley — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:40:00 +0000

7. — Revelation/Bible –author is John??

As for the rest, um, yeah. I’ll get back to you!

By: kndacus

kndacus — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:04:42 +0000

I won’t say whether they’re right or wrong, but I will say that to be eligible for the prize, the author’s name must be included along with the title of the book.

Thanks for playing–and be sure to resubmit with authors’ names included!

By: Katherine Coble

Katherine Coble — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:38:14 +0000

OH crud. I can do some of these cold, some of these kinda and some not at all. Here goes nuttin’.

1. Said by Sidney Carton at the end of Tale of Two Cities

2. It’s bugging me, but I’m not for sure…Wait…Moby Dick? Yeah. I’m bettin’ so. I was just glad to see the end of that sucker.

3. Said by Sam Gamgee at the end of Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King

5. Little House In The Big Woods

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11. I know this is one of the Aubrey-Maturin series’ books. I think it’s probably Master & Commander, so I’ll go with that.

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15. Said by Christie about Dr. Neil MacNeill at the end of Christie

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And that’s it for me. ;-p