Puzzle of the day...

Wordle puzzle - 06/25/10

Late 19th century English novel.



The answer to last week's puzzle is P.G. Wodehouse's Mike (specfically, the second half, usually published separately as Mike And Psmith.)

Wordle puzzle - 06/18/10

One of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite books.



The answer to last week's puzzle is John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.

Wordle puzzle - 06/11/10

17th century.



The answer to last week's puzzle is Rudyard Kipling's story, How the Rhinoceras Got Its Skin, from the Just So Stories.

Wordle puzzle - 06/04/10

19th century, story.



The answer to last week's puzzle is Charles Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop.

Wordle puzzle - 05/28/10

Novel, English, 19th century.



The answer to last week's puzzle is Abraham Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address.

Wordle puzzle - 05/21/10

Oratory.



The answer to last week's puzzle is Guy de Maupassant's The Necklace.

Wordle puzzle - 05/14/10

French short story.



The answer to last week's puzzle is Edgar Allen Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart.

Wordle puzzle - 05/07/10

American, 19th century short story.



The answer to last week's puzzle is Black Beauty by Anna Sewell.

Wordle puzzle - 04/30/10

The first three chapters of a book that I've not read in a long time. English, 19th century.



The answer to last week's puzzle is a Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.

Wordle puzzle - 04/23/10

American novel. Some will find this trivially easy.



The answer to last week's puzzle is a Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's story, the Red-Headed League. The two words deleted from the wordle were obviously "Sherlock" and "Holmes."

Wordle puzzle - 04/16w/10

English short story. I removed two names, but it's an easy puzzle. The author will be easy, but you have to actually identify the story as well. Bonus points for identifying the two words removed, but not many because once the story is identified, the two missing words will be obvious.



The answer to last week's puzzle is a William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.

Wordle puzzle - 04/09/10

English. Play.



The answer to last week's puzzle is a section from Dante's Inferno.

Wordle puzzle - 04/02/10

There's enough information to be doable, I think. The addition of too much context would make it too easy, so I'll just say that English was not its original language, nor prose its form.



The answer to last week's puzzle is the recently-defiled United States Constitution.

Wordle puzzle - 03/26/10

18th century political document. Yeah, this is an easy one. I felt it was appropriate because, unlike some members of the political class, I still have affection and respect for it...



The answer to last week's puzzle Ernest Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place."

Wordle puzzle - 03/19/10

American short story. 20th century.



The answer to last week's puzzle is Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1.

Wordle puzzle - 03/12/10

British play.



The answer to last week's puzzle is Jules Verne's Around the World In Eight Days. The names removed were, of course, Phileas Fogg and Passepartout.

Wordle puzzle - 03/05/10

19th century French. I've removed two names.



The answer to last week's puzzle is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

Wordle puzzle - 02/26/10

19th century British.



The answer to last week's puzzle is Walden, by Henry David Thoreau.

Wordle puzzle - 02/19/10

19th century American. Biography, of sorts.



The answer to last week's puzzle is chapter 7 of The Republic, by Plato.