Alliterative all sorts

[Tweedledum]

G

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

[Leslie]

H: Henry Higgins in Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

[LauraT]

Loved that book Leslie; probably even better I liked the film!

[Tweedledum]

I:
Of course...(slaps head)... Our group read:
The Imaginary Invalid by Molière
Here's a link to an English translation.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

[Leslie]

J: John Jakes, author of a series of historical fiction books (The Bastard, etc. set in 1700s America)

[Leslie]

I recently finished Headlong Hall, which was chockful of alliterative names!

Harry Headlong, squire of Headlong Hall
Cephalis Cranium
Cornelius Chromatic
Patrick O'Prism (is this alliterative?)
Philomena Poppyseed
Geoffrey Gall
Timothy Treacle
Marmaduke Milestone
and I think there were a few more...

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K Is For Kissing A Cool Kangaroo

[Tweedledum]

Leslie wrote: "I recently finished Headlong Hall, which was chockful of alliterative names!

Harry Headlong, squire of Headlong Hall
Cephalis Cranium
Cornelius Chromatic
Patrick O'Prism (is this all..."

Oh my that sounds fun. I really want to discover these characters.

[Tweedledum]

Aaron(Reblast) wrote: "Joyland"

Hi Aaron, thanks for posting but unfortunately Joyland doesn't qualify as an alliterative title.

[Tweedledum]

L Lucinda Lambton author of such curious books as Chambers of Delight and Temples of Convenience!

[Leslie]

M = Marmaduke Milestone whom I mentioned earlier, from Headlong Hall.

[Leslie]

I am reading another book abounding with alliterative names, an English mystery called Appleby's End:

Gregory Grope
Ranulph Raven
Hannah Hoobin
Peggy Pitches
Billy Bidewell

[Tweedledum]

Leslie wrote: "I am reading another book abounding with alliterative names, an English mystery called Appleby's End:

Gregory Grope
Ranulph Raven
Hannah Hoobin
Peggy Pitches
Billy Bidewell"

Love those names Leslie .

[Tweedledum]

//N//

Nearly Headless Nick

who I think first puts in an appearance in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

[Tweedledum]

//O//

Outside the Ordinary World by Dori Ostermiller

[Leslie]

//P//

Peter Pecksniff, from Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit

[Tweedledum]

Has Q stumped everyone again? You can miss letters out...

I seem to recall Leslie made up the last Q entry...

In fact @Leslie it looks like just you and I are playing....

[Leslie]

//R// Roderick Random in The Adventures of Roderick Random by Tobias Smollett (on my TBR)

Yes Tweedledum, it does look like it is just us two. I have actually started noting down alliterative names as I read them now :-)

[Tweedledum]

//S//
Can't quite believe we haven't had.....

Severus Snape

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

[Tweedledum]

//T//
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

:)

[Tweedledum]

Leslie wrote: "//R// Roderick Random in The Adventures of Roderick Random by Tobias Smollett (on my TBR)

Yes Tweedledum, it does look like it is just us two. I have actually starte..."

Leslie! Come back!

[Leslie]

U: hmmmm... I will think about it!

[Tweedledum]

Leslie wrote: "U: hmmmm... I will think about it!"

U can jump over u if u want

[Tweedledum]

V
Voyage To Venus by C.S. Lewis

[Tweedledum]

W
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
Joan Aiken is rather forgotten now but her books are wonderfully atmospheric. I think they made a film of this one.

[Beth]

X
Xanadu ed. Jane Yolen

haven't read this anthology, but have seen it in the library

[Leslie]

Y: Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton

[Jason]

Z: Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien

[Tweedledum]

Leslie wrote: "Y: Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton"

Hi Leslie!!!

[Tweedledum]

A. Anh's Anger by Gail Silver

[Jason]

B: Billy Bathgate by E.L. Doctorow

[Linda]

C: County Chronicle by Angela Thirkell

[Jason]

D: Daniel Deronda by George Eliot

[Linda]

E: Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

[Leslie]

F:

Ferdinand Fathom from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom

[Tweedledum]

G The Gorgeous Georgians

[Jason]

H: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

[Tweedledum]

I
Ivan Ilych from
The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy

[Leslie]

J: Jack O' Judgment by Edgar Wallace

[Tweedledum]

Kublai Khan: The Mongol King Who Remade China

[Steve]

Love’s Labors Lost by William Shakespeare

[Nichole]

M: Memento Mori by Muriel Spark

[Steve]

Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

[Alannah]

Our Game - John le Carré

[Steve]

P- The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

[Tweedledum]

Skipping Q
R
Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991: A Pelican Introduction by Orlando Figes

[Tweedledum]

Skyseed by Bill McGuire

My copy is definitely 2 words … a very good read by the way.

[Steve]

The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien

[Tweedledum]

Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill

[Steve]

Vincent Van Gogh: A Biography by Julius Meier-Graefe