A notice from the “Chief of Ordinance” G.G. appears at the start of this novel warning readers of the various punishments for attempting to find a motive, moral, or plot in the narrative. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this novel which also contains an explanation of its early use of regional vernacular like the Pike-County and South-Western dialects.
ANSWER: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
[10e] The opening lines of Huckleberry Finn warn that readers might have an advantage if they’ve read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, which was made by this author, who “told the truth, mainly.”
ANSWER: Mark Twain [or Samuel Langhorne Clemens]
[10m] Huck lies about his family being on a wrecked ship named after this author. This author, who Twain claimed was “in great measure responsible for the war,” wrote a series that includes Guy Mannering and a novel about the sisters Jeanie and Effie Deans.
ANSWER: Sir Walter Scott (The unnamed novel is The Heart of Midlothian)
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