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Literature by Letter - I

Can you identify these literary things that start with the letter I?
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First submittedOctober 29, 2016
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The story of the Trojan War, attributed to Homer
Iliad, The
Country that publishes the highest number of books per capita
Iceland
This style of font
Italics
Subject of a Ralph Ellison or H.G. Wells novel
Invisible Man
First name of authors Fleming and McEwan
Ian
Javert's job title in "Les Miserables"
Inspector
Call him the narrator of "Moby Dick"
Ishmael
Odysseus's home island in "The Odyssey"
Ithaca
Many Kurt Vonnegut stories involve this city in the Midwestern U.S.
Indianapolis
Type of verse, commonly employed by Shakespeare, with five "feet" per line
Iambic Pentameter
Truman Capote's true crime novel about a family who was murdered
In Cold Blood
Chinese classic also known as the "Book of Changes"
I Ching
Valuable substance sought by Colonel Kurtz in "Heart of Darkness"
Ivory
Notable resident of Sleepy Hollow, last name Crane
Ichabod
First book of Dante's "Divine Comedy"
Inferno
Anne Rice book about vampire life in Paris and New Orleans
Interview with the Vampire
Villain that opposes Othello
Iago
Dr. Moreau lived on one
Island
Novel by Sir Walter Scott set in England in the year 1194
Ivanhoe
Many will start but few will finish this David Foster Wallace novel that
clocks in at 1,079 pages
Infinite Jest
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9 Comments
RTM
+1
Level 59
Apr 16, 2017
Interesting thing about the translations is that it's a proper noun. Changing the name to another word changes the character's name.
Djilas
+4
Level 86
Apr 18, 2017
Yeah but in fiction it's a bit more complicated. Character names are often chosen for their meaning or sound, so the translator has to decide whether to lose the meaning or maybe describe it in footnotes, or to create a corresponding name in target language. The latter happens more often in children's literature, or fantasy (Harry Potter, LOTR, Disney ...).
jakelegs
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Level 44
Jan 22, 2022
Missed "Inferno," but got "I Ching." It was on the bookshelf growing up. Thanks mom! :)
lemmons
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Level 88
Jul 6, 2022
surprised not to see Icarus as an answer
elcampeador
+2
Level 77
Jan 12, 2023
Icarus is more so a mythological figure than a literary one
encomium16
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Level 54
Feb 17, 2024
Please accept "Ithica" for Ithaca
Berney
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Level 84
May 14, 2026
... and Icabod for Ichabod. I was wondering why it didn't work.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
May 14, 2026
Icabod will work now
Pares321
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Level 86
May 15, 2026
Thanks the quiz--good to have more on literature. Kurtz in Heart of Darkness is plain old Mr. He doesn’t get colonel-ized until Apocalypse Now
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