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21 Dec, 6 tweets, 1 min read

Got 5 minutes? Test your literary knowledge with these five bookish brainteasers. Answers in an hour! 📚❓⤵️ #QuizTime

Q1: Who is the author of Pride and Prejudice?

Q2: Which famous novelist used to perform dramatic readings of his/her works?

Q3: Which Romantic poet drowned in a shipwreck?

Q4: Who is the author of the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf?

Q5: Which character from fiction has appeared most often in film and television?

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13 Dec

This year we all need that warm, fuzzy Christmas feeling. So for the next twelve days we’ll be sharing an updated rendition of a Christmas classic with a British Library twist (deep breath) 👇

“On the first day of Christmas the Library gave to me… a world of ideas and discovery” #BLThanksYou

And though you’re special, this year we opened up this world of inspiration to 5.9 million online learners who consulted 3.1 million collection items. And our events were streamed to 45,000 living rooms in 1,134 locations around the globe. Phew!

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