Janet Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 There is a really famous 70s film version, starring Jenny Agutter, Dinah Sheridan and Bernard Cribbins - and a 90s version with Gregor Fisher, Jemima Rooper and... Jenny Agutter in it. It's set in London (a bit) and Yorkshire (a lot) and has the line destined to make me cry every time I watch or read it... "Oh, my Daddy! My Daddy!" If that doesn't give it away then nothing will! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 I think that last clue has cracked it, and made the earlier ones slot into place too. I ask this with a hint of shame that I didn't get it sooner, but......... Is it 'The Railway Children' ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Yes!!! We have a winner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 (edited) You pretty much had to hand that one over on a Christmassy decorated platter Janet. Here goes......... Within, I could hear both the noise - louder now because the door was open - and the sound of the dog, pattering anxiously about and sniffing and snuffling as she went. Edited November 25, 2013 by Chrissy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Doesn't ring any bells (Christmassy or otherwise!) Will await more clues.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 It sounds intruiging, but I have no idea yet either. Is it a classic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 (edited) It sounds intruiging, but I have no idea yet either. Is it a classic? Now that opens up a debate about 'what is a classic'. It would best be described as written in the gothic style. Edited November 26, 2013 by Chrissy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Now that opens up a debate about 'what is a classic'. x That's true ! Was it written in the 20th century? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Within the last 50 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 (edited) Is it The Woman in Black by Susan Hill? Edited November 26, 2013 by chesilbeach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Yes it is! Well done Chesilbeach. Over to you............................................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Sorry I haven't done one earlier, but I fell asleep in front of the telly last night and just didn't get around to it! Anyway, here's the next quote: XXXXX sat in a taxi with a strange man and he had the effrontery to put his arm round her, and XXXXX ... XXXXX relaxed. She sank in her seat. She laid her head on his shoulder. She had never been so wicked in her life and she had never been so happy. She wasn't going to pretend any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 No guesses? I know some of you have definitely read it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 It seems vaguely familiar but that could be because I've read it lots of times! Is it YA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 No, not YA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Contemporary then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Nope, it was first published in the 1930s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 I haven't read it, but could it possibly be 'The Great Gatsby'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 No, not The Great Gatsby - it's by a female author. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 It's not Rebecca again? Daphne Du Maurier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 No to both, a bit more light hearted than Rebecca. There was a film version released in 2008. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Virginia Woolf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 No, sorry. Here's a second quote ... the opening paragraph: XXXXX pushed open the door of the employment agency and went in as the clock struck a quarter past nine. She had, as usual, very little hope, but to-day the Principal greeter her with a more cheerful smile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vimes Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Maybe you need to find another quote, it doesn't look like anyone is getting the book right sadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Doris Lessing? Was she 1930's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.