A professor studied the Old English poem Beowulf and its dragon character inspired Tolkien's dragon Smaug. Benedict Cumberbatch voiced Smaug and is known for playing Sherlock Holmes. The dragon also inspired an Indian detective created by Sharadindu Bandopadhyay. Rituparno Ghosh directed an adaptation of an O. Henry story starring Aishwarya Rai. O. Henry and Guy de Maupassant were known for plot twists, and Maupassant used different pen names. Alexandre Dumas wrote The Three Musketeers, which inspired a 2011 film starring Orlando Bloom who also plays Legolas in Lord of the Rings.
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2. I
A was a professor of Anglo Saxon at Oxford
and a prominent expert on B, the oldest
surviving long poem in Old English. The
unnamed old night-scather character in B
was the primary inspiration for C, who is
described as intelligent, fiery and capable of
speech with an overwhelming personality. C
was voiced by D, who is most popular for his
portrayal of E, the character being based on a
Victorian-era private investigator.
3. II
The same character is also said to have
inspired F to create his own sleuth based in
mid-20th century Bengal. This character first
made an appearance in the story G in 1932. G
is also the name of the Sujoy Ghosh-starrer
Bangla movie by the highly acclaimed director
H. H directed actress I in his adaptation of Js
short story The Gift of The Magi.
4. III
J was a 20th century American writer whose short
stories are known for their wit, wordplay and twist
endings. He is hailed as Americas answer to the French
writer K, also known for plot twist endings. K went by
names Guy de Valmont, Joseph Prunier, and
Maufrigneuse. He was friends with another French
author of his time, L, who shared his name with his
more illustrious father. The father is credited with the
more popular high-adventure French novels which
have inspired numerous adaptations. One of them, M
was adapted in a 3D adventure movie by Paul W. S.
Anderson in 2011. N, who played the role of the Duke
of Buckingham in M, also stars in the immensely
popular movie franchise based on As writings, as O.