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Name a Classic that contains things relating to Hallowe'en in the title
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Oct 14, 2025 07:53PM
Over the River by John Galsworthy
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Surely these have been mentioned:Odyssey (Homer)
Oresteia (Aeschylus)
Owls Do Cry (Janet Frame)
The Odessa File (Fred Forsyth)
Oliver Twist (Dickens)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Marquez)
The Old Devils (Amis Kingsley)
The Cherry Orchard (Chekkov)
Etc...
The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of Venezuela, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates (Daniel Defoe)
Ok, I'm going for the longest title containing an O-starting word:Sufferings in Africa: Captain Riley's Narrative. An authentic narrative of the loss of the American brig Commerce, wrecked on the Western coast of Africa, in the Month of August, 1815. With an account of the sufferings of the surviving officers and crew, who were enslaved by the wandering Arabs on the coast of the African desart, or Zahahrah: And observations historical, geographical, &c. made during the travels of the author while a slave to the Arabs, and in the Empire of Morocco by James Riley, late master and supercargo (Capt James Riley)
This is a great (true) adventure classic, I think.
Nobody's going to print this on the spine or cover of a book anymore, or even on a title page. Pity.
Spartacus7 wrote: "Mbuye wrote: "Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum" I like it. 2 for the price of 1."And what about yours, then? Observers, of, off, officers, on, or -- 6 for the price of one, that is, if I counted right.
Mbuye wrote: "Spartacus7 wrote: "Mbuye wrote: "Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum" I like it. 2 for the price of 1."And what about yours, then? Observers, of, off, officers, on, or -- 6 for the price of one, that is,..."
Haha! You counted? Let's go for density. You have 3 out of 3 - now including the "of", which, to my shame, I didn't include the first time round. You're batting 1000, as they say. Nobody can match that. Nobody.
Spartacus7 wrote: "Mbuye wrote: "Spartacus7 wrote: "Mbuye wrote: "Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum" I like it. 2 for the price of 1."And what about yours, then? Observers, of, off, officers, on, or -- 6 for the price of..."
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