If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now! Quiz

Answer: Mrs Danvers

"Rebecca" was first published in 1938, and remained in print throughout the twentieth century.
In 1940, Alfred Hitchcock produced perhaps the most famous film version of the story, starring Joan Fontaine and Sir Laurence Olivier as Mr and Mrs De Winter.

Answer: Charles Ryder

The full title of Evelyn Waugh's classic novel is "Brideshead Revisited, The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder", and it was first published in 1945.
After Waugh's death, a hitherto unknown piece of writing featuring Charles Ryder as a boy was found among his papers, and published posthumously in several collections of his short stories.

Answer: Mrs. Hudson

Described by Watson himself, Mrs. Hudson is a "long-suffering woman". The constant tumult that takes place within her lodger's quarters are a source of constant annoyance and dismay. All manner of dangerous and unsavoury individuals that set foot within 221B as a result of Holmes' doings cause Mrs. Hudson no end of stress. But for all of this, she still respects Holmes and cares for him a lot.
The Sherlock Holmes stories were written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and the first one, "A Study in Scarlet", was written in 1886.

Answer: Miss Havisham

Satis House is of course the home of Miss Havisham and her ward in Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations".
The word Satis translates as "enough" in English, and the image of Miss Havisham, in her wedding dress, amidst the ruins of her once golden life, is perhaps one of the most enduring of all Dickens' memorable scenes.
The book was first published as a serial in a magazine called "All the Year Round" in 1861.

Answer: 124 Bluestone Road

Toni Morrison won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for "Beloved" and it has since been made into a successful film starring Oprah Winfrey as the main character, the runaway slave Sethe.

Answer: Fitzwilliam

Jane Austen's novel was first published in 1813, and tells the story of Elizabeth Bennet and her four sisters.

Although Mr. Darcy is one of the main characters in the book, his first name is only actually mentioned twice during the narrative.

Answer: Twelve Oaks

"Gone With the Wind" was the only novel Margaret Mitchell ever wrote, and it was first published in 1936.
Twelve Oaks is home to Scarlett O'Hara's great love Ashley Wilkes and his family, and it is ransacked and burned during the Civil War.

Answer: The Folly

Peter first realises something strange is going on when the witness he interviews turns out to have been a ghost. Then Inspector Nightingale arrives and Peter's life is turned upside down as he is forced to embrace the fact that he is a wizard too.
Peter, Molly, Nightingale and a whole host of characters including Father Thames himself feature in this series of books by Ben Aaronovitch. The first one, "Rivers of London" was first published in 2011. It was retitled "Midnight Riot" for the US market.

Answer: Ottery St. Catchpole

Possibly one of the most famous addresses in literature is 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey, where Harry Potter lives with his relations the Dursleys. He is miserable there, and is always very happy to escape their company and go either to Hogwarts or to The Burrow to stay with his best friend Ron and his family.
The "Harry Potter" books are of course written by J.K. Rowling.

Answer: Thrushcross Grange

Nelly Dean keeps house for Mr. Lockwood when he rents Thrushcross Grange from its owner, Heathcliffe, in "Wuthering Heights".
First published in 1847 under the name Ellis Bell, it was the only novel written by Emily Bronte.