Do You Know The Stories Behind These Classic Works Of Literature?

Every book has an inspiration behind it! Let's see how well you know the story behind these classic literary works!

Dawn Levy
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On May 21, 2015
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How did Robert Louis Stevenson come up with the main idea behind "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886)"?

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Which of Harper Lee's childhood friends was her inspiration for the character "Dill" in "To Kill A Mockingbird (1960)"?

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Who was the inspiration behind the March sisters from "Little Women" (1868-9) by Louisa May Alcott?

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Who inspired Mary Shelley to write "Frankenstein" (1818)?

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Who was the inspiration behind "Crime & Punishment" (1866) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky?

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Why did Joseph Heller start to write "Catch-22" (1961), the story about his years in the army?

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Menabilly, a grand country house that Daphne Du Maurier moved into in 1943 inspired her to write "The Birds" and _______

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Daphne Du Maurier's cousins, the Llewelyn Davies boys, served as an inspiration for what novel?

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Sting wrote "Every Breath You Take" at the same desk where which novel series was written?

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What childhood job inspired Roald Dahl to write "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"?

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What band borrowed a chapter title in Lord of the Flies to name one of their songs?

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What was the original title of "Pride and Prejudice"?

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Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451, was a descendant of which historical figure?

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