Whether it serves as a backdrop for a harrowing tale or the theme of a melancholic poem, winter has long inspired authors around the world.To see how well you know wintry works of world literature, complete the titles in the questions below!1. Winter is cast in a harsh light in William Shakespeare’s poem “When hang by the wall.”frost flowersiciclessnowberries2. Roch Carrier’s iconic short story “The Hockey ” has been delighting Canadians, even those who aren’t passionate about hockey, for many years.RinkSweaterGame3. Danish author Hans Christian Andersen’s The Queen, a fairy tale told in seven stories, centres on the struggle between good and evil.FrostIceSnow4. Set in the Netherlands in wintertime, the children’s classic Hans Brinker, or The Silver tells the story of a poor Dutch boy and his family.SkatesSledSkis5. Winner of the 2007 Agatha Award, Cold is the second novel in the bestselling mystery series by Canadian author Louise Penny.IceStoneDead6. In her poem “It sifts from Leaden Sieves,” American poet Emily Dickinson compares snowdrifts to wool.IvoryAlabasterOpalescent7. In Miss Smilla’s for Snow by Danish author Peter Høeg, the title character investigates a child’s untimely death.LongingFeelingDisdain8. The award-winning survival film The Snow is based on a short story by Canadian author Farley Mowat.DwellersWalkerGoose9. The title of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s book Country is a literal translation of the book’s Japanese title Yukiguni.BarrenFrozenSnow10. Jack London’s novel White takes place in the Yukon and the Northwest Territories during the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890s.FangWolfWilderness
