Who wrote the novel 'Sunset Song', first of the trilogy 'A Scots Quair', and who is its central character?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Lewis Grassic Gibbon; Chris Guthrie
- Step 1: 'Sunset Song' (1932) is by Lewis Grassic Gibbon.
- Step 2: Its central character is the farmer's daughter Chris Guthrie.
Answer
Lewis Grassic Gibbon; Chris Guthrie.
Why not the others: Robert Louis Stevenson; Jim Hawkins: Stevenson wrote Treasure Island, whose hero is Jim Hawkins. Muriel Spark; Jean Brodie: Spark wrote The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Walter Scott; Edward Waverley: Scott wrote Waverley, set in the 1745 uprising.
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