This 19th century female character "raised a great scandal in godly master Dimmesdale's church"
This 1925 Anita Loos book was subtitled "The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady"
This 15-year-old E.L. Doctorow high school dropout joins gangster Dutch Schultz' mob
In this 1952 Hemingway story, Santiago goes 84 days without catching a fish, then hooks a gigantic marlin
The whaling ship in this classic novel had 3 harpooners: Tashtego, Daggoo & Queequeg
In this Louisa May Alcott novel, Jo March writes a play, "The Witch's Curse"
This character once asked Becky Thatcher, "Do you love rats?"
The title of this 1939 John Steinbeck novel was taken from a Julia Ward Howe song
The cheery first "Masterpiece Theatre" season included "Jude the Obscure" & this Russian's "The Possessed"
"I Married a Communist", "The Human Stain" & "American Pastoral" make up a recent trilogy by this novelist