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Literary Parties That We Are Glad We Missed

A follow-up to my list, literary dinner parties we wish we could have attended, here are some books featuring disastrous dinners, balls and get-togethers that we can all be glad we were only reading about!
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And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
1
Agatha Christie
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
2
Wilkie Collins
The Birthday Party (Harold Pinter)
The Birthday Party
3
Harold Pinter
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
4
Daphne Du Maurier
The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death
5
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
6
Tom Wolfe
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
7
Ann Patchett
Diary of a Nobody (George and Weedon Grossmith)
Diary of a Nobody
8
George and Weedon Grossmith
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Notes From Underground
9
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
10
Stephen King
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
11
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Silver Linings Playbook (Pennsylvania)
The Silver Linings Playbook
12
Pennsylvania
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
High Fidelity
13
Nick Hornby
A Song of Ice and Fire Series
A Song of Ice and Fire Series
14
Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis)
Less Than Zero
15
Bret Easton Ellis
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
16
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
17
Charlotte Bronte
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
18
Jane Austen
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
19
William Shakespeare
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
20
Thomas Hardy
Women in Love (D.H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
21
D.H. Lawrence
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
22
Anthony Burgess
120 Days of Sodom (Marquis De Sade)
120 Days of Sodom
23
Marquis De Sade
The Bad Seed (William March)
The Bad Seed
24
William March
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
25
Helen Fielding
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
26
William Peter Blatty
Good Behaviour (Molly Keane)
Good Behaviour
27
Molly Keane
Hell House (Richard Matheson)
Hell House
28
Richard Matheson
Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Agatha Christie)
Hercule Poirot's Christmas
29
Agatha Christie
Our Mutual Friend (Charles Dickens)
Our Mutual Friend
30
Charles Dickens
Abigail's Party (Mike Leigh)
Abigail's Party
31
Mike Leigh
CARDS ON THE TABLE (AGATHA CHRISTIE)
CARDS ON THE TABLE
32
AGATHA CHRISTIE
There but for The
There but for The
33
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
34
Alan Hollinghurst
The Ice Storm
The Ice Storm
35
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
36
Zadie Smith
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado
37
Edgar Allan Poe
The Dinner (Herman Koch)
The Dinner
38
Herman Koch
The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty (Amanda Filipacchi)
The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty
39
Amanda Filipacchi
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Joan Lindsay)
Picnic at Hanging Rock
40
Joan Lindsay
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