20 questions Guess My Character

[DATo]

Modern classic published mid 20th century.
The character is a grown man.
He’s not the main character but is central to the story
Author is female and English
The character is well loved but he finds women irritating.
It’s not Mr. Ramsey from To The Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf.
It has been made into a film.
He doesn’t have a title like Lord, but he is a landowner.
It was first made into a film in the 1950s and again in the 2010s

Is the genre mystery / detective ?

[Helen_Combe]

Modern classic published mid 20th century.
The character is a grown man.
He’s not the main character but is central to the story
Author is female and English
The character is well loved but he finds women irritating.
It’s not Mr. Ramsey from To The Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf.
It has been made into a film.
He doesn’t have a title like Lord, but he is a landowner.
It was first made into a film in the 1950s and again in the 2010s
I think it’s in the mystery genre though there is an element of crime.

[DATo]

Modern classic published mid 20th century.
The character is a grown man.
He’s not the main character but is central to the story
Author is female and English
The character is well loved but he finds women irritating.
It’s not Mr. Ramsey from To The Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf.
It has been made into a film.
He doesn’t have a title like Lord, but he is a landowner.
It was first made into a film in the 1950s and again in the 2010s
I think it’s in the mystery genre though there is an element of crime.

Does the character work in the employment of a woman?

[Helen_Combe]

Modern classic published mid 20th century.
The character is a grown man.
He’s not the main character but is central to the story
Author is female and English
The character is well loved but he finds women irritating.
It’s not Mr. Ramsey from To The Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf.
It has been made into a film.
He doesn’t have a title like Lord, but he is a landowner.
It was first made into a film in the 1950s and again in the 2010s
I think it’s in the mystery genre though there is an element of crime.
Not only does the character not work in the employment of a woman, he refuses to employ women.

[rssllue]

In what era does the story take place?

[DATo]

Modern classic published mid 20th century.
The character is a grown man.
He’s not the main character but is central to the story
Author is female and English
The character is well loved but he finds women irritating.
It’s not Mr. Ramsey from To The Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf.
It has been made into a film.
He doesn’t have a title like Lord, but he is a landowner.
It was first made into a film in the 1950s and again in the 2010s
I think it’s in the mystery genre though there is an element of crime.
Not only does the character not work in the employment of a woman, he refuses to employ women.

What is the geographical setting of the novel?

[Helen_Combe]

Modern classic published mid 20th century.
The character is a grown man.
He’s not the main character but is central to the story
Author is female and English
The character is well loved but he finds women irritating.
It’s not Mr. Ramsey from To The Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf.
It has been made into a film.
He doesn’t have a title like Lord, but he is a landowner.
It was first made into a film in the 1950s and again in the 2010s
I think it’s in the mystery genre though there is an element of crime.
Not only does the character not work in the employment of a woman, he refuses to employ women.
The novel isn’t clear on time period, but it looks to be Victorian.
The setting is Cornwall in the UK.

[DATo]

Modern classic published mid 20th century.
The character is a grown man.
He’s not the main character but is central to the story
Author is female and English
The character is well loved but he finds women irritating.
It’s not Mr. Ramsey from To The Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf.
It has been made into a film.
He doesn’t have a title like Lord, but he is a landowner.
It was first made into a film in the 1950s and again in the 2010s
I think it’s in the mystery genre though there is an element of crime.
Not only does the character not work in the employment of a woman, he refuses to employ women.
The novel isn’t clear on time period, but it looks to be Victorian.
The setting is Cornwall in the UK.

Is it Maxim de Winter from Rebecca?

[Helen_Combe]

Modern classic published mid 20th century.
The character is a grown man.
He’s not the main character but is central to the story
Author is female and English
The character is well loved but he finds women irritating.
It’s not Mr. Ramsey from To The Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf.
It has been made into a film.
He doesn’t have a title like Lord, but he is a landowner.
It was first made into a film in the 1950s and again in the 2010s
I think it’s in the mystery genre though there is an element of crime.
Not only does the character not work in the employment of a woman, he refuses to employ women.
The novel isn’t clear on time period, but it looks to be Victorian.
The setting is Cornwall in the UK.
It is not Maxim de Winter from Rebecca, but you’re getting closer.

[DATo]

Modern classic published mid 20th century.
The character is a grown man.
He’s not the main character but is central to the story
Author is female and English
The character is well loved but he finds women irritating.
It’s not Mr. Ramsey from To The Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf.
It has been made into a film.
He doesn’t have a title like Lord, but he is a landowner.
It was first made into a film in the 1950s and again in the 2010s
I think it’s in the mystery genre though there is an element of crime.
Not only does the character not work in the employment of a woman, he refuses to employ women.
The novel isn’t clear on time period, but it looks to be Victorian.
The setting is Cornwall in the UK.
It is not Maxim de Winter from Rebecca, but you’re getting closer.

Ambrose Ashley from the novel My Cousin Rachel, by Daphne du Maurier.

[Helen_Combe]

WINNER!

It is Ambrose Ashley.

Congratulations.

[DATo]

Thank you Helen. That one was a real challenge.

Modern classic
English male author
Character is male

[rssllue]

Does he play any musical instruments?

[DATo]

Does he play any musical instruments?

It would depend upon your definition of a musical instrument. He does not play an instrument found in a musical orchestra.

[Helen_Combe]

It’s not Duran-Duran on his orgasmatron from Barbarella is it?