H12. Old words that may trip modern readers. Count
Prose style. One line per book. Open a book for the full answer, charts and cited lines.
| Book | Genre | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Treasure Island | Thriller and adventure | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: ere, nay, art, whence, thither, hither. |
| The Thirty-Nine Steps | Thriller and adventure | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: ere, whence. |
| The Prisoner of Zenda | Thriller and adventure | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: nay, thy, thee, whence, wherefore, ere. |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | Thriller and adventure | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whilst, whence, ere, thither, anon, hither. |
| King Solomon's Mines | Thriller and adventure | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: thou, thee, thy, art, nay, whilst. |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | Crime and mystery | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whence, hath, art, betwixt, anon, ere. |
| A Study in Scarlet | Crime and mystery | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art, whence, nay. |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Crime and mystery | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whence, art, nay, thither, ere. |
| The Moonstone | Crime and mystery | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art, connexion, anon, hither, thither, whilst. |
| The Woman in White | Crime and mystery | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art, nay, ere, thither, thou, thy. |
| Pride and Prejudice | Romance | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: nay, thither, whilst, art, hither, whence. |
| Persuasion | Romance | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: nay, connexion, shew, art, ere, thither. |
| Emma | Romance | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: shew, connexion, nay, thither, hither, thy. |
| Jane Eyre | Romance | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: ere, whence, nay, thither, anon, thee. |
| Dracula | Gothic and horror | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whilst, nay, art, ere, whence, thither. |
| Frankenstein | Gothic and horror | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: thy, thou, thee, whilst, art, nay. |
| Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | Gothic and horror | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whilst, ere. |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Gothic and horror | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art, thou, thee, doth, ere, nay. |
| Wuthering Heights | Gothic and horror | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: nay, ere, thy, thee, thou, art. |
| The Turn of the Screw | Gothic and horror | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art, hither. |
| The Time Machine | Science fiction | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: hither, thither, art, whence, ere. |
| The War of the Worlds | Science fiction | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: thither, hither, ere, nay. |
| The Invisible Man | Science fiction | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whence, art, twas, connexion, ere. |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Fantasy and children's | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: doth, nay. |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Fantasy and children's | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art. |
| The Secret Garden | Fantasy and children's | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: thee, thy, art, ere, nay, thine. |
| The Wind in the Willows | Fantasy and children's | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: ere, thither, hither, whence, thee, thy. |
| Great Expectations | Literary | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: betwixt, art, nay, wherefore, whence, thither. |
| A Christmas Carol | Literary | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: thy, whence, thou, wherefore, nay, hither. |
| The Great Gatsby | Literary | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art, anon. |
| Heart of Darkness | Literary | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whence, nay. |
| Kidnapped | Thriller and adventure | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whence, ere, betwixt, art, hath, nay. |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Thriller and adventure | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whence, nay, ere, thou, thy, thee. |
| The Three Musketeers | Thriller and adventure | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: thou, whence, hither, art, thither, thy. |
| The Riddle of the Sands | Thriller and adventure | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whence, ere, art, connexion, whilst, thither. |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | Thriller and adventure | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whilst, nay, ere, whence, anon, twas. |
| The Lost World | Thriller and adventure | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whence, art, whilst, betwixt. |
| Captain Blood | Thriller and adventure | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whilst, thither, nay, whence, thou, thee. |
| Lady Audley's Secret | Crime and mystery | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: thither, hither, art, whence, betwixt, nay. |
| The Murders in the Rue Morgue | Crime and mystery | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whence. |
| The Innocence of Father Brown | Crime and mystery | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art, thou, shalt, thee, thy. |
| The Big Bow Mystery | Crime and mystery | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art, nay, whence, thither, betwixt. |
| The Leavenworth Case | Crime and mystery | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whilst, hath, nay, twas, thou, ere. |
| The Red Thumb Mark | Crime and mystery | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whence, art, whilst, ere. |
| The Amateur Cracksman | Crime and mystery | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: anon, art. |
| The Secret Agent | Crime and mystery | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art, whilst, ere, thou, shalt, thy. |
| Sense and Sensibility | Romance | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: nay, whence, thither, art, ere, hither. |
| North and South | Romance | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: nay, thou, thee, thy, art, ere. |
| Far from the Madding Crowd | Romance | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whilst, twas, art, hither, betwixt, thither. |
| The Enchanted April | Romance | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art, whence. |
| The Sheik | Romance | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art, whilst. |
| Daddy Long Legs | Romance | Few old word forms from our list. |
| Carmilla | Gothic and horror | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whence, art, anon. |
| The Castle of Otranto | Gothic and horror | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: thou, thy, thee, art, ere, nay. |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Gothic and horror | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art, thee, whence, thy, hath. |
| The Great God Pan | Gothic and horror | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whence, art, nay. |
| The Yellow Wallpaper | Gothic and horror | Few old word forms from our list. |
| The Call of Cthulhu | Gothic and horror | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whilst, art. |
| The Island of Doctor Moreau | Science fiction | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art, thither, thine, thou. |
| Journey to the Centre of the Earth | Science fiction | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whence, art, thou, whilst, nay, hither. |
| A Princess of Mars | Science fiction | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art, ere, whence, thou, hither, thither. |
| Herland | Science fiction | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art, thou. |
| Flatland | Science fiction | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art, thou, thy, whence, shew, nay. |
| Erewhon | Science fiction | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art, nay, ere, whence, hither, wherefore. |
| The Last Man | Science fiction | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: thy, thou, thee, nay, art, shew. |
| Through the Looking Glass | Fantasy and children's | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: twas, art, thee, thou. |
| A Little Princess | Fantasy and children's | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: twas, ere, hither, thither. |
| The Jungle Book | Fantasy and children's | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: thou, thee, thy, art, wilt, thine. |
| Five Children and It | Fantasy and children's | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: thou, thy, thee, ere, hither, thine. |
| The Railway Children | Fantasy and children's | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: ere, hither, wherefore, art. |
| The Princess and the Goblin | Fantasy and children's | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whence, ere, hither, thither, betwixt. |
| Peter and Wendy | Fantasy and children's | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: anon, twas, hither, thither, thou, whence. |
| The Worm Ouroboros | Fantasy and children's | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: thou, thee, thy, hath, art, ere. |
| Anne of Green Gables | Fantasy and children's | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: thee, art, thy, whence, wilt, thou. |
| Black Beauty | Fantasy and children's | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: twas, whence, forsooth, nay, thou, shalt. |
| Middlemarch | Literary | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: nay, art, thy, hath, thou, thither. |
| Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Literary | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: twas, thy, thither, whilst, thou, hither. |
| Mrs Dalloway | Literary | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art, thy. |
| To the Lighthouse | Literary | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art, hither, thither, thee, wherefore. |
| Anna Karenina | Literary | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art, thy, whence, thee, thou, wherefore. |
| Crime and Punishment | Literary | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: thou, thee, thy, art, whilst, wilt. |
| Madame Bovary | Literary | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whence, art, whilst, thither, hither, thine. |
| The Age of Innocence | Literary | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art, hither, whence, thither. |
| Silas Marner | Literary | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: nay, wilt, thou, thy, art. |
| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Literary | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whilst, betwixt, twas, thy, thou, thee. |
| Hamlet | Plays | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: thou, thy, hath, thee, doth, nay. |
| Macbeth | Plays | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: thou, thee, thy, hath, art, ere. |
| Romeo and Juliet | Plays | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: thou, thy, thee, hath, art, doth. |
| Othello | Plays | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: thou, thy, thee, hath, nay, art. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Plays | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: thou, thy, thee, hath, doth, art. |
| Twelfth Night | Plays | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: thou, thy, thee, hath, art, nay. |
| Doctor Faustus | Plays | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: thou, thee, thy, hath, art, doth. |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Plays | Few old word forms from our list. |
| A Doll's House | Plays | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art. |
| Hedda Gabler | Plays | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: whilst, thou. |
| Pygmalion | Plays | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: art, whilst. |
| The School for Scandal | Plays | Old forms that may trip a modern reader: nay, twas, hither, prithee, shew, thou. |
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