The book dialog game - Page 8

orlok · 08-17-2011, 02:18 PM

No, and no.

Another:

"Why not just kill them? I'll do it! I'll run up to Paris - bam, bam, bam, bam. I'm back before week's end. We spend the treasure. How is this a bad plan?"

HomeInMyShoes · 08-17-2011, 02:22 PM

Death...Paris...Treasure...

The Count of Monte Cristo?

issybird · 08-17-2011, 02:28 PM

I think pooh is on the right track with Les Miserables, so given this last quote I'll guess The Count of Monte Cristo.

ETA: Beaten to the punch!

poohbear_nc · 08-17-2011, 08:14 PM

Hunchback of Notre Dame?

The Three Musketeers?

Hamlet53 · 08-17-2011, 09:18 PM

It is only my guess as well, but I think that The Count of Monte Cristo is correct and only required Orlok to stop by to confirm it.

orlok · 08-18-2011, 05:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

Death...Paris...Treasure...

The Count of Monte Cristo?

Yes, correct! Over to you

HomeInMyShoes · 08-18-2011, 09:00 AM

Okay, I've got one here.

"Meanwhile, he continued the business of undressing, and at last showed
his chest and arms. As I live, these covered parts of him were checkered
with the same squares as his face; his back, too, was all over the same
dark squares; he seemed to have been in a Thirty Years' War, and just
escaped from it with a sticking-plaster shirt."

issybird · 08-18-2011, 09:04 AM

I'm going to need more than this, but I remain hopeful.

orlok · 08-18-2011, 10:04 AM

Me too. Don't recognise it so far.

HomeInMyShoes · 08-18-2011, 10:10 AM

Hmmm...might have to be more obvious. I figured the description of one of the characters was a fairly easy target, but then, maybe this isn't as well-read a book as previous choices.

A bit more prose to get the brains churning.

"Some years ago--never mind how long precisely--having
little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on
shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of
the world."

poohbear_nc · 08-18-2011, 10:12 AM

Moby Dick

[the description is of Queequeg?]

HomeInMyShoes · 08-18-2011, 10:15 AM

^Winner. I thought it would be pretty distinct for anyone remembering the story a bit. The second quote is from the second sentence. I wanted to just put the first two sentences, but the first is just too easy.

"Call me Ishmael."

poohbear_nc · 08-18-2011, 10:48 AM

OK - start off with a short quote:

"Et in arcadia ego"

poohbear_nc · 08-18-2011, 11:17 AM

And:

"I had seen him grow wary at the thought of his family or his religion; now I found I, too, was suspect. He did not fail in love, but he lost his joy of it, for I was no longer part of his solitude. As my intimacy with his family grew I became part of the world which he sought to escape; I became one of the bonds which held him."

issybird · 08-18-2011, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

OK - start off with a short quote:

"Et in arcadia ego"

Brideshead Revisited

ETA: I just needed the one quote--I practically had that book memorized as an adolescent.

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08-17-2011, 02:18 PM	#106
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	No, and no. Another: "Why not just kill them? I'll do it! I'll run up to Paris - bam, bam, bam, bam. I'm back before week's end. We spend the treasure. How is this a bad plan?"

08-17-2011, 02:22 PM	#107
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Death...Paris...Treasure... The Count of Monte Cristo?

08-17-2011, 02:28 PM	#108
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,514 Karma: 236076651 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	I think pooh is on the right track with Les Miserables, so given this last quote I'll guess The Count of Monte Cristo. ETA: Beaten to the punch!

08-17-2011, 08:14 PM	#109
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,194 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Hunchback of Notre Dame? The Three Musketeers?

08-17-2011, 09:18 PM	#110
Hamlet53 Nameless Being	It is only my guess as well, but I think that The Count of Monte Cristo is correct and only required Orlok to stop by to confirm it.

08-18-2011, 09:00 AM	#112
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Okay, I've got one here. "Meanwhile, he continued the business of undressing, and at last showed his chest and arms. As I live, these covered parts of him were checkered with the same squares as his face; his back, too, was all over the same dark squares; he seemed to have been in a Thirty Years' War, and just escaped from it with a sticking-plaster shirt."

08-18-2011, 09:04 AM	#113
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,514 Karma: 236076651 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	I'm going to need more than this, but I remain hopeful.

08-18-2011, 10:04 AM	#114
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	Me too. Don't recognise it so far.

08-18-2011, 10:10 AM	#115
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Hmmm...might have to be more obvious. I figured the description of one of the characters was a fairly easy target, but then, maybe this isn't as well-read a book as previous choices. A bit more prose to get the brains churning. "Some years ago--never mind how long precisely--having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world."

08-18-2011, 10:12 AM	#116
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,194 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Moby Dick [the description is of Queequeg?]

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08-18-2011, 10:15 AM	#117
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	^Winner. I thought it would be pretty distinct for anyone remembering the story a bit. The second quote is from the second sentence. I wanted to just put the first two sentences, but the first is just too easy. "Call me Ishmael."

08-18-2011, 10:48 AM	#118
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,194 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	OK - start off with a short quote: "Et in arcadia ego"

08-18-2011, 11:17 AM	#119
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,194 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	And: "I had seen him grow wary at the thought of his family or his religion; now I found I, too, was suspect. He did not fail in love, but he lost his joy of it, for I was no longer part of his solitude. As my intimacy with his family grew I became part of the world which he sought to escape; I became one of the bonds which held him."