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1. We begin with a novel about social conventions, codes of conduct and personal relationships. Although only five novels were published during his lifetime, the author was nominated for the Literature Nobel Prize in 16 different years. Published in 1910, which was the fourth of those novels?
2. Based on a combination of an apocryphal tale concerning the use of a skeleton and documented historical events of the 19th century, which novel, first released in serial form two years earlier, was first published in English in 1911?
3. First published in 1912 in the pulp "All-Story Magazine", the main character in this story proved so popular that the author had featured him in a total of 22 novels by the time of his death in 1950. Not that this was the only genre in which he excelled -- he also wrote Westerns and Sci-Fi novels. Which novel is this?
4. Although it received poor critical response when published in 1913, this was one of two works from the 1910s that made it into the Top 10 in a 1998 poll by 'Modern Library' to identify the "100 best novels of the 20th century". Now regarded as perhaps the author's greatest work, Paul Morel and Clara Dawes and major characters in which 1913 novel?
5. This writer published his first short stories in 1907 and his first novel five years later. This book, though, which was sub-titled "The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man", was the first published under his real name. In less than two decades, he would be heralded as one of his country's greatest writers. Which novel published in 1914 is this?
6. Serialized in "Blackwood's Magazine" earlier in the year, the first of five novels to feature the all-action hero Richard Hannay was published in book form in October 1915. Alfred Hitchcock made the first of several notable film adaptations twenty years later. Which novel is this?
7. Set just before WWI and serialized in the "Metropolitan Magazine" in 1914, it was first published in book form in 1916. Subtitled "A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William", the humorous story of first love between William Baxter and aspiring actress Lola Pratt became the year's best-selling novel in the U.S. Which novel is this?
8. Dedication to the war effort in France earned this writer that country's highest award, the "Chevalier of the Legion of Honour" in 1916, the same year that the romantic novel published the following year was written. Best known for portrayals of upper-class New York society, this is one of only two of this future Nobel Prize nominee's novels that are set in New England. Which 1917 novel is this?
9. Considered the author's first masterpiece, this 1918 novel was the final part of the "Prairie Trilogy", a series depicting frontier life on the Great Plains. The story is narrated by 10-year old orphan Jim Burden, whose life changes significantly when he arrives at the home of his grandparents in Black Hawk, Nebraska. Which 1918 novel is this?
10. Katharine Hilbery, Mary Datchet, Ralph Denham and William Rodney are the four main characters in our 1919 publication; whilst love, marriage and women's suffrage are the prominent topics. This was the second novel by this author, who produced nine full-length works in a 25-year writing career. which 1919 novel is this?
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