chesilbeach Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 So it's going to be too late for Dickens, Collins, Wilde if it goes into the 20th century … maybe H. G. Wells? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Good catch on thinking it's a collection Chesilbeach! I missed that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara. Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 No, not Wells. It' s very early 20th century. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara. Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 There have been various collections of his stories, I presume the quote is from one story. I have to say I haven't read any of his books yet , I have a few on my TBR. I have a book of some Sherlock Holmes stories and a book of The Lost World and Other Stories. I'm going to guess it's one of those two? Or are we not allowed to guess more than one book at a time ? I kinda don't want to do another quote, though , it's difficult picking a good one . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara. Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 No, no. It' s his most famous work. Well, just pick one at random and it might be good and it might not, it doesn't matter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara. Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Yes, your turn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Ok, next one is ...She waved gingerly, then turned around and moved away along the path. She walked at a snail's pace, cautiously placing her stick before each step, like she was rediscovering walking after a bedridden spell. Xxxxx felt a tug inside him as she left. He wanted to take a picture, photograph her this time, not light. He hesitated, then shot her from behind, her shuffling figure back-dropped by the water and the ram's grey field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vimes Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 It sounds like the end of a book, yes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Nope, very close to the beginning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara. Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I was just going to say that it sounds more like a beginning. Is the author male? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara. Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Hmmm.... it sounds very interesting but it´s not familiar to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Is it a modern book, say last 10 years or so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vimes Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 What genre is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Is it a modern book, say last 10 years or so? Yes What genre is it? Contemporary fiction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Is it set in the UK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Love story? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Yes, but not just a love story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Does it have an element of fantasy about it? I've a feeling I might have read this one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 YA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Does it have an element of fantasy about it? I've a feeling I might have read this one... Yes YA? No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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