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186. From On the Razor's Edge by Somerset Maugham. n/t

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Name a character from a novel & see if anyone knows the novel without using Google [View all] red dog 1 Jun 2022 OP

Raskolnikov bucolic_frolic Jun 2022 #1

Crime and Punishment... (nt) petronius Jun 2022 #23

Mikael Blomkvist Bayard Jun 2022 #2

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo... Thomas Hurt Jun 2022 #15

Very good! Bayard Jun 2022 #36

jesus christ msongs Jun 2022 #3

Quo Vadis Glorfindel Jun 2022 #8

from the longest novel ever written Not Heidi Aug 2022 #169

Pookie no_hypocrisy Jun 2022 #4

Garfield Not Heidi Aug 2022 #170

Heathcliff Polly Hennessey Jun 2022 #5

Wuthering Heights Glorfindel Jun 2022 #7

Gulliver "Gully" Foyle Glorfindel Jun 2022 #6

gullivers travels? Chipper Chat Jun 2022 #9

No; his LAST name was Gulliver Glorfindel Jun 2022 #11

The Stars my Destination... (nt) petronius Jun 2022 #24

Yes! You got it. Glorfindel Jun 2022 #25

multiple characters from same novel: Chipper Chat Jun 2022 #10

Edward rebe303 Jun 2022 #12

Jane Eyre wryter2000 Jun 2022 #14

From the same novel wryter2000 Jun 2022 #13

Valentine Michael Smith Thomas Hurt Jun 2022 #16

Stranger in a Strange Land Tyche Jun 2022 #21

You mean Charles Manson's son? malthaussen Jun 2022 #93

Billy Pilgrim relayerbob Jun 2022 #17

Slaughterhouse 5? dem4decades Jun 2022 #19

Yup wryter2000 Jun 2022 #22

Yep relayerbob Jun 2022 #34

Larry Darell MLAA Jun 2022 #18

From On the Razor's Edge by Somerset Maugham. n/t FSogol Aug 2022 #186

Well Done! MLAA Aug 2022 #188

Hank Stamper dem4decades Jun 2022 #20

"Sometimes a Great Notion"... Harker Jun 2022 #38

Yes. Thanks dem4decades Jun 2022 #40

Thank you... Harker Jun 2022 #42

um...David Copperfield... bahboo Jun 2022 #26

Bleak House? A Christmas Carol? malthaussen Jun 2022 #94

Hazel-rah Diamond_Dog Jun 2022 #27

Watership Down? Laffy Kat Jun 2022 #28

Yes! Diamond_Dog Jun 2022 #30

Wow. It's been so long since I read it. nt Laffy Kat Jun 2022 #33

One of my all-time favorite books. (nt) Paladin Jun 2022 #47

It was a great novel. Laffy Kat Jun 2022 #48

I'm buying copies of it for all my grandkids. (nt) Paladin Jul 2022 #133

Carlo Alfred Thomas Shannon Wolf Frankula Jun 2022 #29

Vera Claythorne First Speaker Jun 2022 #31

Frank Churchill MaryMagdaline Jun 2022 #32

Emma!!!! Coventina Jun 2022 #46

Yes! MaryMagdaline Jun 2022 #55

Isserley miyazaki Jun 2022 #35

Travis Cornell Bayard Jun 2022 #37

Watchers Tyche Jun 2022 #65

Yes, on both counts Bayard Jun 2022 #72

Humpfrey Van Weydan Mr.Bill Jun 2022 #39

The Sea Wolf? miyazaki Jun 2022 #67

Correct! Mr.Bill Jun 2022 #68

Dr. Phillip Hillyer Tikki Jun 2022 #41

Horse Badorties. Harker Jun 2022 #43

The Fan Man? JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2022 #81

That's right, man! Harker Jun 2022 #83

Harry Haller. Harker Jun 2022 #44

Jake Santee Brother Buzz Jun 2022 #45

George Hayduke VGNonly Jun 2022 #49

"The Monkey Wrench Gang" Harker Jun 2022 #50

Cool trivia: R. Crumb illustrated the tenth anniversary second edition Brother Buzz Jun 2022 #51

That's a nice edition. Harker Jun 2022 #52

Jens Fiedler. Harker Jun 2022 #53

Rolf Steiner. Harker Jun 2022 #54

The only Rolf Steiner I know of is a real person Wolf Frankula Jun 2022 #97

I hadn't heard of him. Harker Jun 2022 #98

Dr. Heywood Floyd red dog 1 Jun 2022 #56

2001...? First Speaker Jun 2022 #61

This message was self-deleted by its author First Speaker Jun 2022 #62

Yeah, I think so red dog 1 Jun 2022 #76

This message was self-deleted by its author Emile Jun 2022 #57

Lula: a plus-sized black woman who attempts to shove a size 16 body into size 10 spandex. Emile Jun 2022 #58

Stephanie Plum novels nt yellowdogintexas Jun 2022 #59

Bingo +1 Emile Jun 2022 #70

Clinton Tyree this character actually goes by two names nt yellowdogintexas Jun 2022 #60

I am rather surprised no one replied to this one yellowdogintexas Jun 2022 #88

Is it a Carl Hiasson book Ohiya Aug 2022 #168

Moose Malloy First Speaker Jun 2022 #63

Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler catrose Jun 2022 #73

Got it! First Speaker Jun 2022 #75

Randle McMurphy GReedDiamond Jun 2022 #64

Cukoo's Nest? miyazaki Jun 2022 #66

Yes. The One Flown Over! GReedDiamond Jun 2022 #69

Miss Julia Emile Jun 2022 #71

Walter Neff VGNonly Jun 2022 #74

"Double Indemnity". Harker Jun 2022 #78

Gnossos Pappadopoulis red dog 1 Jun 2022 #77

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me - Richard Farina GoneOffShore Jun 2022 #84

You got it! red dog 1 Jun 2022 #85

Richard Farina died WAY too young. red dog 1 Jun 2022 #86

The Kool Aid Wino red dog 1 Jun 2022 #79

It's a novel and it was not about fishing, per se Brother Buzz Oct 2022 #215

I was blown away by "Trout Fishing in America" red dog 1 Nov 2022 #284

Moonwatcher red dog 1 Jun 2022 #80

Klara iemanja Jun 2022 #82

Klara and the Sun? Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #110

Yes! iemanja Jul 2022 #116

I did, for my bookgroup. Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #117

Yes, I found it interesting iemanja Jul 2022 #118

Yes, I was surprised at how invested I got in Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #119

Galatea Dunkel red dog 1 Jun 2022 #87

Elminster Aumar. Akoto Jun 2022 #89

From any number of... malthaussen Jun 2022 #90

You win some sort of prize, fellow nerd! :) n/t Akoto Jun 2022 #92

Corwin. malthaussen Jun 2022 #91

The Amber series... First Speaker Jun 2022 #96

Lee Mellon red dog 1 Jun 2022 #95

Miss Julia Emile Jun 2022 #99

Robert Ackley red dog 1 Jun 2022 #100

Santiago red dog 1 Jun 2022 #101

The Old Man and the Sea? Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #108

I think so red dog 1 Jul 2022 #126

Daniel Hagman MadScot Jun 2022 #102

Welcome to DU! red dog 1 Jul 2022 #103

Thank you. MadScot Jul 2022 #120

Sharpe's Rifles (multiple books) petronius Oct 2022 #218

On the money. MadScot Oct 2022 #224

About time for a re-read, actually! petronius Nov 2022 #273

I completely agree. MadScot Nov 2022 #277

Regan MacNeil red dog 1 Jul 2022 #104

The Exorcist Tyche Jul 2022 #105

That movie scared the crap out of me red dog 1 Jul 2022 #125

Mrs. Ramsay Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #106

This message was self-deleted by its author Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #107

Rosalind Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #109

Velvet Brown Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #111

Enid Bagnold: National Velvet LeftishBrit Jul 2022 #129

Yes Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #136

Bernadette Fox Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #112

Esther Greenwood Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #113

Sylvia Plath: The Bell Jar LeftishBrit Jul 2022 #132

Right! Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #135

Madame Defarge Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #114

A Tale of Two Cities nt yellowdogintexas Jul 2022 #127

C'est vrai Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #128

Rosasharn Joad Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #115

"Grapes of Wrath." Harker Jul 2022 #121

Right-o Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #122

Bink (no last name) 57sneirno Jul 2022 #123

Welcome to DU! red dog 1 Jul 2022 #124

Thanks! 57sneirno Jul 2022 #137

Big Shug LeftishBrit Jul 2022 #130

The Color Purple consider_this Jul 2022 #154

No - there is a Shug in 'The Color Purple'; but I was thinking of a different 'Big Shug. LeftishBrit Jul 2022 #155

Nicholas Bulstrode LeftishBrit Jul 2022 #131

Osborne Hamley LeftishBrit Jul 2022 #134

Enoch Drebber. Harker Jul 2022 #138

Mildred Montag. Harker Jul 2022 #139

Nick ("The Greek") Papadakis. Harker Jul 2022 #140

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter? Tyche Jul 2022 #148

Different one... Harker Jul 2022 #149

Lankester Merrin red dog 1 Jul 2022 #141

Father Merrin in the Exorcist? Tyche Jul 2022 #152

Yes red dog 1 Aug 2022 #180

Miss Havisham red dog 1 Jul 2022 #142

Great Expectations? Mad_Dem_X Jul 2022 #145

Scott Finch red dog 1 Jul 2022 #143

To Kill a Mockingbird LeftishBrit Aug 2022 #179

Jane Gallagher red dog 1 Jul 2022 #144

Piggy Mad_Dem_X Jul 2022 #146

Lord of the Flies Tyche Jul 2022 #147

Yep! Mad_Dem_X Jul 2022 #150

This message was self-deleted by its author red dog 1 Jul 2022 #151

Bishop Love VGNonly Jul 2022 #153

Doc Daneeka red dog 1 Jul 2022 #156

Catch 22 Ohiya Aug 2022 #171

Yep red dog 1 Aug 2022 #175

The Reverend Nehemiah Scudder First Speaker Jul 2022 #157

Allison MacKenzie red dog 1 Aug 2022 #158

Peyton Place wishstar Nov 2022 #255

Ding! red dog 1 Nov 2022 #285

Toomer red dog 1 Aug 2022 #159

The Great Santini Tyche Nov 2022 #280

Correctamundo! red dog 1 Nov 2022 #283

Jack Crawford red dog 1 Aug 2022 #160

Silence of the Lambs VGNonly Aug 2022 #162

You got it red dog 1 Aug 2022 #163

Raylan Givens red dog 1 Aug 2022 #161

Justified iemanja Oct 2022 #207

Jack Bateman red dog 1 Aug 2022 #164

Balin red dog 1 Aug 2022 #165

The Hobbit petronius Oct 2022 #219

You Got It! red dog 1 Nov 2022 #238

This message was self-deleted by its author petronius Nov 2022 #241

The Crimson King red dog 1 Aug 2022 #166

Francie Nolan Not Heidi Aug 2022 #167

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn LeftishBrit Aug 2022 #178

👍 Not Heidi Aug 2022 #183

John Yossarian Not Heidi Aug 2022 #172

"Catch-22." Harker Aug 2022 #176

Yep Not Heidi Aug 2022 #177

Dagny Taggart Not Heidi Aug 2022 #173

I'm surprised no one has got this one yet Not Heidi Aug 2022 #184

Nobody wants to admit knowing! petronius Oct 2022 #220

Aaahahahahaa! n/t Not Heidi Oct 2022 #222

Doc Sportello Ohiya Aug 2022 #174

Jake Barnes red dog 1 Aug 2022 #181

Mercenary sea captain Jim Mayo (a series of early WW11 short stories) Brother Buzz Aug 2022 #182

Nick Carraway red dog 1 Aug 2022 #185

Narrator of "The Great Gatsby." Harker Aug 2022 #190

Ding! red dog 1 Aug 2022 #191

Fastest "Ding!" in the West. Harker Aug 2022 #192

Dove Linkhorn FSogol Aug 2022 #187

Lillian Meechum red dog 1 Aug 2022 #189

The Great Santini Tyche Nov 2022 #281

You Got It! red dog 1 Nov 2022 #282

Mark Renton red dog 1 Sep 2022 #193

Charlie Cheswick red dog 1 Sep 2022 #194

"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Harker Sep 2022 #195

Correctamundo! red dog 1 Sep 2022 #196

Lambert Strether red dog 1 Sep 2022 #197

The Ambassadors? First Speaker Oct 2022 #199

Yes red dog 1 Oct 2022 #204

Pamela Watson-May red dog 1 Oct 2022 #198

Lee Mellon red dog 1 Oct 2022 #200

Chris MacNeil red dog 1 Oct 2022 #201

Daisy Buchanan red dog 1 Oct 2022 #202

The Great Gatsby jmowreader Oct 2022 #205

You Got It! red dog 1 Oct 2022 #208

Roger Chillingworth wnylib Oct 2022 #203

The Scarlet Letter wishstar Nov 2022 #256

I love how his name fits his character. wnylib Nov 2022 #257

Berick Dondarrion iemanja Oct 2022 #206

A Song of Ice and Fire, but I'm not sure exacty which novel(s) he shows up in... petronius Oct 2022 #221

I think it was A Storm of Swords iemanja Oct 2022 #223

Quentin Compson red dog 1 Oct 2022 #209

The Sound and the Fury - Faulkner Ohiya Nov 2022 #262

Bert Myers red dog 1 Oct 2022 #210

Thomas Larkin zanana1 Oct 2022 #211

Alden Pyle red dog 1 Oct 2022 #212

"The Quiet American." Harker Oct 2022 #213

yep red dog 1 Nov 2022 #236

Lennie Small red dog 1 Oct 2022 #214

Of Mice and Men. Harker Oct 2022 #217

You're good at this red dog 1 Nov 2022 #237

Thanks, Red! Harker Nov 2022 #245

Woodrow Wilson Smith First Speaker Oct 2022 #216

Seymour Glass red dog 1 Oct 2022 #225

Is he a window washer? Harker Oct 2022 #226

Ha! red dog 1 Nov 2022 #259

Phoebe Caulfield red dog 1 Oct 2022 #227

Is that Holden's sister in *Catcher in the Rye*...? First Speaker Oct 2022 #228

WinnerWinnerChickenDinner!! red dog 1 Nov 2022 #233

Julian English. Harker Oct 2022 #229

Floyd Thursby. Harker Oct 2022 #230

The Maltese Falcon? red dog 1 Nov 2022 #232

Yes! Harker Nov 2022 #234

Bishop Love VGNonly Oct 2022 #231

Molly Bloom red dog 1 Nov 2022 #235

Ulysses First Speaker Nov 2022 #240

You Got It! red dog 1 Nov 2022 #258

Holly Golightly red dog 1 Nov 2022 #239

"Breakfast at Tiffany's" Harker Nov 2022 #246

Ding! red dog 1 Nov 2022 #260

Fohristiwhirl Skaffen-Amtiskaw Handrahen Dran Easpyou petronius Nov 2022 #242

Are you okay? Harker Nov 2022 #247

Heh, it really is a character name, from a series with a LOT of bizarre names petronius Nov 2022 #250

... Harker Nov 2022 #252

Esteban Maturin y Domanova petronius Nov 2022 #243

Dr. Siri Paiboun petronius Nov 2022 #244

The Coroner's Lunch Ohiya Nov 2022 #263

That's it! (Among others...) petronius Nov 2022 #270

"Of course I still love you" DetlefK Nov 2022 #248

Would it be cheating if I have to go look up the specific novel? petronius Nov 2022 #249

I can't remember all of them either. DetlefK Nov 2022 #251

Therem Harth rem ir Estraven ornotna Nov 2022 #253

Henry Chinaski red dog 1 Nov 2022 #254

The Whiskey Priest red dog 1 Nov 2022 #261

I'm guessing - Blood Meridien by Cormac McCarthy Ohiya Nov 2022 #264

Good guess, but no. red dog 1 Nov 2022 #265

The Power and the Glory...? First Speaker Nov 2022 #266

That's it! red dog 1 Nov 2022 #269

Rosasharn VGNonly Nov 2022 #267

I recall the second one. n/t Harker Nov 2022 #268

Grapes of Wrath Ohiya Nov 2022 #275

Lily Rowan petronius Nov 2022 #271

First appearance: Some Buried Caesar, 1938... First Speaker Nov 2022 #272

Jeepers, that was fast! Guess the hint was unnecessary... petronius Nov 2022 #274

Just walked into the question, so to speak... First Speaker Nov 2022 #276

Augustus McCrae red dog 1 Nov 2022 #278

Lonesome Dove Tyche Nov 2022 #279

That's it! red dog 1 Nov 2022 #286

Willie Stark red dog 1 Nov 2022 #287

All the King's Men First Speaker Nov 2022 #289

Ding! red dog 1 Nov 2022 #291

Juan Carlos Rosenbloom red dog 1 Nov 2022 #288

Stephanie Crawford MissMillie Nov 2022 #290

Lily Bart red dog 1 Nov 2022 #292

House of Mirth. yardwork Dec 2022 #302

Ding! red dog 1 Dec 2022 #303

George Smiley red dog 1 Dec 2022 #293

The Spy who Came in from the Cold... Harker Dec 2022 #294

That was quick! red dog 1 Dec 2022 #295

I just happened to be here when it came down. n/t Harker Dec 2022 #296

I always think of you when I post on this thread red dog 1 Dec 2022 #297

I'm honored, Red! Harker Dec 2022 #298

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