| LESMISERABLES | Victor Hugo's historical novel, one of the 19th century's greatest (3,10) |
| STOWE | Author of the 19th century's best-selling novel |
| CASPIAN | Prince ---, 1951 CS Lewis novel, one of The Chronicles Of Narnia books (7) |
| LISZT | The 19th century's supreme piano virtuoso, and composer of the Faust Symphony |
| LUDDITE | One of the 19th century workmen who destroyed labour-saving machinery (7) |
| GARCIAMARQUEZ | Gabriel, Colombian novelist born in 1927 noted for his novel One Hundred Years Of Solitude (6,7) |
| BUXWORTHBASIN | Novels, one hears, have value to graduates in North Derbyshire marina. (8,5) |
| EMMA | Novel - one of many covered by English degree |
| BLOODCELL | Old Belloc novel, one of many in circulation |
| OURS | 1922 Willa Cather novel, One of ___ |
| BENHUR | 19th century's top-selling novel |
| NINETIES | 19th century's "naughty" decade (8) |
| THIRTIES | Last century's decade of the bodyline series, the invasion of Abyssinia and the Silver Jubilee of Ki |
| SOLZHENITSYN | Alexander, author of the novel One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (12) |
| ALEXANDER | Author of the 1962 novel One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich, _ Solzhenitsyn (9) |
| TRACER | The sort of machine-gun fire you could see coming (one of the last century's nastier inventions) |
| KESEY | Ken -; author of the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (5) |
| QUASIMODO | Main protagonist of Victor Hugo's 1831 novel The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame (9) |
| ESMERALDA | Gypsy girl, the heroine of Victor Hugo's The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (9) |
| MARQUEZ | Gabriel Garcia ___ (1927-2014), Colombian author of 1967 novel One Hundred Years Of Solitude (7) |
