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Classic Novels
Scholars' Bowl Classic Novels and Authors
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Author Jane Austen Follows the turbulent relationship between Elizabeth Bennet, the daughter of a country gentleman, and Fitzwilliam Darcy, a rich aristocratic landowner who fall in love and marry. | Pride & Prejudice |
| Author Harper Lee Issues of race, inequality and segregation Main character Atticus Finch, a lawyer determined to right the racial wrongs of the Deep South | To Kill a Mockingbird |
| Author F. Scott Fitzgerald Set in Jazz Age New York, this novel tells the tragic story of a self-made millionaire and his pursuit of Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy young woman whom he loved in his youth. | The Great Gatsby |
| Author Truman Capote Tells the true story of the murder of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, in 1959. | In Cold Blood |
| Author Charlotte Bronte The story of a young, orphaned girl who lives with her aunt and cousins, the Reeds, at Gateshead Hall. | Jane Eyre |
| Author Jack London Classic story from 1903 about Buck, a dog kidnapped from his home in California and taken to the Yukon where he is mistreated until a prospector discovers him and relates to his situation. | The Call of the Wild |
| Author Herman Melville Famously begins with the narratorial invocation “Call me Ishmael." The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod to hunt a whale that previously bit off his leg. | Moby Dick |
| Author C.S. Lewis Pevensie siblings are sent to live in the country with the eccentric Professor Kirke during World War II. The children explore the house on a rainy day and Lucy, the youngest, finds a wardrobe that leads to a land called Narnia. | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
| Author Mary Shelley Robert Walton, on an Arctic expedition, finds an emaciated man floating on an ice flow near death. In Walton's series of letters to his sister in England, he retells the tragic story of a young scientist. | Frankenstein |
| Author Ken Kesey R.P McMurphy, a convict pleads insanity to avoid labor duties in prison. Believing its all an act, the authorities send him to a mental institution. While there, he starts an uprising against the tyrannical nurse - Mildred Ratched. | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| Author George Orwell Dystopian novel in which Winston Smith is a middle-aged man who endures poor existence in the totalitarian superstate of Oceania, formerly London, under the constant surveillance of the Thought Police. | 1984 |
| Author John Steinbeck An Oklahoma migrant worker family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression. | The Grapes of Wrath |
| Author J.R.R. Tolkien The future of civilization rests in the fate of the One Ring, which has been lost for centuries. Powerful forces are unrelenting in their search for it. Fate has placed it in the hands of a young Hobbit named Frodo Baggins. | The Lord of the Rings |
| Author Mark Twain The novel tells the story of the main character's escape from his alcoholic and abusive father and the adventurous journey with his friend Tom Sawyer down the Mississippi River together with the runaway slave Jim. | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| Author Charles Dickens Tells the story of Pip, an English orphan who rises to wealth, deserts his true friends, and becomes humbled by his own arrogance. It also introduces one of the more colorful characters in literature: Miss Havisham. | Great Expectations |
| Author Lewis Carroll A young girl falls asleep in a meadow and dreams that she follows the White Rabbit down a rabbit hole. She has many wondrous, often bizarre adventures with very strange creatures, often changing size unexpectedly. | Alice in Wonderland |
| Author Victor Hugo Story of Jean Valjean, a prisoner, and the police inspector, Javert, who tries to hunt him down for breaking parole. He tries to help a poor factory worker, Fantine, by saving her child, Cosette, who is being held captive as a slave. | Les Miserables |
| Author Roald Dahl Charlie Bucket and his Grandpa Joe join a small group of contest winners who get to tour the magical factory of eccentric candy maker Willy Wonka. Aided by his Oompa Loompa workers, Wonka has a hidden motivation for the tour. | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| Author Charles Dickens "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" Set during French Revolution- Doctor Manette, his imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie whom he had never met. | A Tale of Two Cities |
| Author Emily Bronte Classic love story between Catherine and Heathcliff. Considered a staple of Gothic fiction and controversial at the time of publication. | Wuthering Heights |
| Author Charles Dickens A play about a mean-spirited and selfish old man, Ebenezer Scrooge, who hates Christmas. 'Bah Humbug!' Other characters: Tiny Tim | A Christmas Carol |
| Author Louisa May Alcott Follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy--details their passage from childhood to womanhood. Classified as an autobiographical or semi-autobiographical novel. | Little Women |
| Author Harriet Beecher Stowe Depicts the harsh conditions experienced by enslaved African Americans. The book became influential in the U.S and Great Britain, energizing anti-slavery forces in the North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Author Willa Cather Tells the stories of an orphaned boy, Jim Burden, and the elder daughter in a family of Bohemian immigrants, Ántonia Shimerda, who are each brought as children to be pioneers in Nebraska towards the end of the 19th century. | My Antonia |
| Author Willa Cather A novel written in 1915. The book tells the story of a talented artist born in a small town in Colorado who discovers and develops her singing voice | The Song of the Lark |
| Author Ray Bradbury A 1953 dystopian novel. Often regarded as one of his best works. Presents an American society where books have been personified and outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found. | Farenheit 451 |
| Author J.D. Salinger Details two days in the life of 16-year-old Holden Caulfield after he has been expelled from prep school. Confused and disillusioned, Holden searches for truth and rails against the “phoniness” of the adult world. | Catcher in the Rye |
| Author Alice Walker A feminist work about an abused and uneducated African American teenager, Celie, raised in rural isolation in Georgia who struggles for empowerment | The Color Purple |
| Author Edgar Allen Poe A short story published in 1842 . The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition. | The Pit and the Pendulum |
| Author Alexander Dumas A French historical adventure novel written in 1844. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight for justice. | The Three Musketeers |
| Author John Irving Post WWII era. A young man is taught medicine by the doctor at the orphanage where he was brought up. However, when he clashes with his mentor over the issue of abortion, he leaves the home and finds work on a cider farm. | Cider House Rules |
| Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez Buendía family experiences political upheavals, wars, and the passage of time. The novel concludes with a reflection on the inevitability of solitude and the eternal recurrence of events in the Buendía family's history. | One Hundred Years of Solitude |
| Author Tony Morrison Follows Macon "Milkman" Dead III, a wealthy and privileged Black man who struggles to find a sense of identity. Blends magical realism, history, and African-American folklore Explores the impact of racism and identity | Song of Solomon |
| Author Geoffrey Chaucer Gathers a group of strangers from different walks of life. The collection acts as social satire, portraying a comedic and exaggerated depiction of medieval society, mainly the roles of the Church, the nobility, and the peasantry. | Canterbury Tales |
| Typically feature animals, plants, and inanimate objects as characters, each embodying human qualities and behaviors. The stories often convey moral lessons and practical wisdom. "The Tortoise and the Hare" / "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" | Aesop's Fables |
| Author Markus Zusak Historical novel set in Nazi Germany during World War II. Narrated by Death, the story follows Liesel Meminger, a young girl sent to live with foster parents, Hans and Rosa Hubermann, in the small town of Molching. | The Book Thief |
| Author Elie Wiesel Memoir detailing Wiesel's experiences as a teenager during the Holocaust. It chronicles his time in Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps, exploring themes of faith, identity, and humanity amidst unimaginable suffering. | Night |
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