The book dialog game - Page 63

HomeInMyShoes · 03-28-2012, 09:02 AM

I think I got it and it only took me two and a half months.

James Joyce A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

pdurrant · 03-29-2012, 04:00 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

OK, here a passage of dialog to guess:

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

I think I got it and it only took me two and a half months.

James Joyce A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

I didn't realise I'd killed the thread stone dead! Umm... no.

The book is a popular children's book, that has been made into a film many times.

The two characters in the dialogue are the title characters, although by class rather than by name. They are about the same age.

HomeInMyShoes · 03-29-2012, 08:56 AM

Lol. I've managed to kill this thread many times. I went searching for it to see what had stumped everyone, but no one even guessed.

The Latin and scantly seemed so familiar. I suck at children's books.

pdurrant · 03-29-2012, 09:22 AM

Hopefully the clues I've given will prompt someone's memory.

pdurrant · 04-02-2012, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

OK, here a passage of dialog to guess:

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"And prithee, why not? Who helpeth them undress at night? Who attireth them when they rise?"
"None, sir. Would'st have them take off their garment, and sleep without--like the beasts?"
"Their garment! Have they but one?"
"Ah, good your worship, what would they do with more? Truly they have not two bodies each."
"It is a quaint and marvellous thought! Thy pardon, I had not meant to laugh. But thy good Nan and thy Bet shall have raiment and lackeys enow, and that soon, too: my cofferer shall look to it. No, thank me not; 'tis nothing. Thou speakest well; thou hast an easy grace in it. Art learned?"
"I know not if I am or not, sir. The good priest that is called Father Andrew taught me, of his kindness, from his books."
"Know'st thou the Latin?"
"But scantly, sir, I doubt."

OK, clues so far:
The book is a popular children's book, that has been made into a film many times.
The two characters in the dialogue are the title characters, although by class rather than by name. They are about the same age.

New clue: The story takes place in 1546/7 in England.

Bilbo1967 · 04-02-2012, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

OK, clues so far:
The book is a popular children's book, that has been made into a film many times.
The two characters in the dialogue are the title characters, although by class rather than by name. They are about the same age.

New clue: The story takes place in 1546/7 in England.

Based purely on the 'by class rather than name' clue, I'll say, The Prince and the Pauper.

pdurrant · 04-02-2012, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

Based purely on the 'by class rather than name' clue, I'll say, The Prince and the Pauper.

Thank goodness!

Yes, that's right. Over to you, Bilbo!

Bilbo1967 · 07-25-2012, 11:56 AM

I'm afraid that I have been horribly remiss in not posting a new one, but here it is (better late than never

), from a much more recent book than the last one.

“Sometimes I wonder if there's something wrong with me. Perhaps I've spent too long in the company of my literary romantic heroes, and consequently my ideals and expectations are far too high.”

Thanks to HIMS for the very gentle reminder!

HomeInMyShoes · 07-25-2012, 12:31 PM

It sounds like a book review where the reveiwer can't stand slumming it.

I don't think it's anything I've read.

Daithi · 07-25-2012, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

It sounds like a book review where the reveiwer can't stand slumming it.

I don't think it's anything I've read.

I don't think I've read it either, but the literary critic, Dorothy Parker, did come to my mind.

issybird · 07-25-2012, 01:38 PM

Shades of Gray?

Bilbo1967 · 07-25-2012, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by issybird

Shades of Gray?

Well done issybird, that's the one.

My wife bought it recently on the recommendation of basically all her friends. Looks like rubbish to me, but it certainly seems to be popular.

Take it away issybird!

issybird · 07-25-2012, 05:36 PM

OK, totally cracking up here. I really had no idea, but "much more recent" gave it to me. Bilbo, you dog!

Lemme put on my thinking cap and I'll post something this evening.

issybird · 07-25-2012, 07:34 PM

“I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another.”

poohbear_nc · 07-25-2012, 07:40 PM

Wow! I don't think I've ever read this one ...

Sounds like a British Hemingway speaker ....

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03-28-2012, 09:02 AM	#931
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	I think I got it and it only took me two and a half months. James Joyce A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

03-29-2012, 08:56 AM	#933
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Lol. I've managed to kill this thread many times. I went searching for it to see what had stumped everyone, but no one even guessed. The Latin and scantly seemed so familiar. I suck at children's books.

03-29-2012, 09:22 AM	#934
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,082 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Hopefully the clues I've given will prompt someone's memory.

07-25-2012, 11:56 AM	#938
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	I'm afraid that I have been horribly remiss in not posting a new one, but here it is (better late than never ), from a much more recent book than the last one. “Sometimes I wonder if there's something wrong with me. Perhaps I've spent too long in the company of my literary romantic heroes, and consequently my ideals and expectations are far too high.” Thanks to HIMS for the very gentle reminder!

07-25-2012, 12:31 PM	#939
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	It sounds like a book review where the reveiwer can't stand slumming it. I don't think it's anything I've read.

07-25-2012, 01:38 PM	#941
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,342 Karma: 234636059 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	Shades of Gray?

07-25-2012, 05:36 PM	#943
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,342 Karma: 234636059 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	OK, totally cracking up here. I really had no idea, but "much more recent" gave it to me. Bilbo, you dog! Lemme put on my thinking cap and I'll post something this evening.

07-25-2012, 07:34 PM	#944
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,342 Karma: 234636059 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	“I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another.”

07-25-2012, 07:40 PM	#945
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,637 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Wow! I don't think I've ever read this one ... Sounds like a British Hemingway speaker ....

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