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1. There was a young man of Verona
Saw Rosaline and wanted to own her.
She said "Nothing doing",
So he fell for her cousin
But feuds, potions, daggers have blown her.
Who is the Shakespearean hero described?
2. There was a young lady from Hartfield,
For matches, she always kept eyes peeled,
But truth failed her mightily
When Smith preferred Knightley
And so her own heart was revealed.
Who is Jane Austen's self-deceiving heroine?
3. There was a pretty young wit lived at Longbourn,
Whose mother would grate on a saint born.
She met a young man,
So proud, rich and grand,
"The last man on earth", made her lovelorn.
4. There was a young man from Derbyshire,
Who saw some "fine eyes" in Hertfordshire,
He said 'she's a cracker,
I'll have to unwrap her',
Though her connections and fortunes are so dire.
Who is the proud hero?
5. There was a Miss Brooke, ideals to the core,
Who married a scholarly terrible bore.
His key was outdated,
Her goodliness sated,
She now is entwined with Will Ladislaw.
Name the book, parodied here.
6. There was a black general, you might know,
Whose self-doubt quite wracked him and more so.
That twisted Iago's
Inverted farragos,
He swallowed, the lot, took a pillow, dot dot, titwillow, titwillow, titwillow.
Who is this subject of Shakespeare's tragedy?
7. There was a young prince from Elsinore,
Who couldn't sleep easy, let alone snore.
His father's old ghost
Warned of Claudius no boast.
He went mad, very sad and now's no more.
Name the this archetypical tragic hero?
8. There was a young girl, washed t'Illyria,
Who went as a boy to woo 'Livia.
But her heart made her say no,
As she loved Duke Orsino.
Of all plots, there aren't many sillier.
Who is the heroine of Shakespeare's seasonal offering?
9. There was a young minx lived in Salem,
Who trumped up witch charges to nail 'em.
When asked, 'What possessed her?',
She said 'Goody Proctor',
To spite good John Proctor; naught saved 'em.
Which Arthur Miller play is summarised here?
10. There was a plain writer from Haworth,
Wrote of Janes plain for all she was w-worth.
They all burned with passion,
'Twas quite a new fashion.
She married and died in child-b-birth.
Which of the Bronte family is here described?
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