How well do you know Roald Dahl's characters? Take our quiz and identify the following quotes from his books

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The pianist Jeremy Denk will transform an article for The New Yorker into a book for Random House.

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“Seven American Deaths and Disasters” transcribes radio and television broadcasts of painful events, from the Kennedy assassination to Sept. 11, as they unfurled on the air, live and unmediated.

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Watch the trailer for Disney's new film, a 3D animated adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen

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A writer comes to realize he is too old to follow anyone else’s rules and can express his true nature.

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Monies raised via crowdfunding will pay for storage of 16th-century documents nearly destroyed by jihadist militantsA public appeal has been launched to save the hundreds of thousands of ancient manuscripts smuggled out of Timbuktu during the , which are now facing a more insidious threat: moisture damage.Dating back over 700 years, the fragile manuscripts range from poetry to commerce records,...

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Ali Abukhattab and Samah al-Sheikh were due to talk about their work at the Shubbak festival of contemporary Arab artTwo Palestinian writers have been refused visas to travel to the UK and speak at a festival celebrating contemporary Arab art.The Gaza-based husband and wife writers, Ali Abukhattab and Samah al-Sheikh, were due to talk about their writing at London's ICA on 28 June but have been...

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It's now 200 years since 'Pride and Prejudice' was published, but anyone who thinks Jane Austen-mania might be waning clearly hasn't met a true 'Janeite'.

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With its melodious free verse, this love poem's imagery extends beyond an individual woman to wider natureAmong the publications marking the centenary of RS Thomas's birth in 1913, especially interesting is . Published recently by Bloodaxe, represents what the editors consider to be the best of the work that Thomas, by accident or design, omitted from his individual collections. For both general...

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From the 422nd Quidditch world cup poster to The Marauder’s Map, one hundred graphic art works from the Harry Potter films have gone on show for the first time for muggles to enjoy.

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