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1. We start with a classic not just of 1900, but of the whole century, L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". Which of the witches, also sometimes called Locasta or Tattypoo, protects Dorothy with a kiss?
2. The characters in which 1901 novel include Teshoo, a Tibetan Lama, the British Army officer Colonel Creighton, a Church of England reverend named Arthur Bennett and a Catholic chaplain, Father Victor?
3. The first true Western novel ever written was published in 1902. Sixty years later, Owen Wister's novel was the basis for which US TV series of the same name?
4. 1903 saw the publication of one of my all-time favorite novels, Jack London's "Call of the Wild". The protagonist in this story was not a human but a dog; what is the dog's name?
5. Since I'm obviously in the mood for emotionally-charged canine stories, our featured work from 1904 is another one: who wrote the short story simply called "A Dog's Tale"?
6. Published in 1905, "The House of Mirth" is an early novel by an American writer who would win one of the first Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction, in 1921, and receive three nominations for the Nobel Literature prize. Who is this female novelist?
7. Edith Nesbit's "The Railway Children", published in 1906, tells the story of a family who move to a house alongside the railway. What is the name of the house?
8. Beatrix Potter's series continues with the publication of a book that is essentially about manners and how children react to them. A naughty kitten is used to illustrate the moral message: what is the kitten's name?
9. 1908 was a bumper year for outstanding novels. Which novel published this year is set in the fictional town of Avonlea in Prince Edward Island, Canada?
10. We finish in 1909, and "Three Lives", a book divided into three independent stories all set in the fictional city of Bridgepoint, based on Baltimore. This was the debut work of which novelist, poet and playwright, a pioneer of "Modernist Literature"?
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