All About Her Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jane Austen

Emma, the eponymous heroine of the novel, has a very high estimate of her matchmaking skills and sets about trying to pair up various people over the course of the novel. The book was adapted into various movies and plays.

Answer: Leo Tolstoy

Written by Leo Tolstoy, "Anna Karenina" was first published in installments in a Russian periodical. The novel traces the story of the eponymous heroine, a married aristocrat and her love affair with a Count that ends in a tragedy. Despite being written over a hundred years ago, it continues to remain popular and frequently features on lists of the best novels of all time.

Answer: Daphne Du Maurier

"My Cousin Rachel" is a gothic suspense novel set in Cornwall. Philip Ashley is an orphan brought up by his cousin, Ambrose. The two men live by themselves in the family manor that is served by an all-male staff. As such, Philip grows up without knowing much about women. When Ambrose travels abroad, meets and marries a woman while away and then dies before returning, Philip's suspicions about his wife are aroused. Enter the titular character - Cousin Rachel.

Du Maurier is best known for her novel "Rebecca" which was made into an Oscar winning film by Alfred Hitchcock. Incidentally, this one would also have fit the theme of this quiz.

Answer: Georgette Heyer

Georgette Heyer was a prolific writer of historical romances set during the Regency period. With her sparkling wit and attention to detail, the books serve as a good introduction to the period. The Sophy of the title is an English woman named Sophia Stanton-Lacy, who has had an unusual upbringing having lived with her diplomat father on the Continent during the Napoleonic Wars. Unaccustomed to the formal English society, she causes quite a stir when she is sent to live with her aunt and learn the graces to snare a suitable match.

Answer: Charlotte Bronte

"Jane Eyre" follows the life of the eponymous heroine as she grows into adulthood and falls in love with the reclusive owner of Thornfield Hall - Rochester.

Charlotte Bronte first published the book using the non-de-plume Currer Bell.

Answer: Helen Fielding

As suggested by the title, the book is in the form of a diary written by a single woman in her thirties living and working in the city of London. Bridget's struggles with her career, romantic relationships and weight gain touched a chord with readers.

The book was later adapted for the big screen with Renee Zellweger playing the eponymous heroine, a role for which she won an Oscar nomination.

Answer: L. M. Montgomery

Considered a classic among children's literature, "Anne of Green Gables" was first published in 1908. A pair of siblings living in the province of Prince Edward Island in Canada had sought to adopt a boy to help them on their farm. Instead, they are sent a young girl by mistake. The story then traces the life of the girl, Anne as she sets about building a life in her new home.

Answer: Stephen King

"Carrie" was Stephen King's debut novel and immediately propelled him to the top of best-selling lists. Carrietta White, better known as Carrie, is a high school student. While being bullied by her classmates, her rage, born out of humiliation, revives her dormant powers of telekinesis and telepathy.

Answer: Vladimir Nabokov

"Lolita", written by Vladimir Nabokov, created controversy when it was first published and continues to be on various 'banned books lists'. The plot revolves around a middle-aged man who falls for and gets sexually involved with a teenage girl.

Answer: Anne Bronte

"Agnes Grey" was the first novel written by Anne Bronte. Like her sisters, she published the novel under an assumed name, Acton Bell, to hide her gender. The heroine belongs to a relatively poor family and when her father loses most of his savings, she sets out to work as a governess to contribute towards the family finances.