Tims Too Many Books | 20 Fictional Places in book series and their Real Counterparts @timstoomanybooks | Uploaded January 2023 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
In this video I show 20 fictional places in book series that are (or might be) based on real places

FICTIONAL PLACE - REAL PLACE - AUTHOR
Casterbridge/Wessex - Dorchester/Dorset - Thomas Hardy
Barchester - Winchester - Trollope
Tilling - Rye - E F Benson
Cranford - Knutsford - Elizabeth Gaskell
Lark Rise - Juniper Hill - Flora Thompson
Thrush Green - Woodgreen, Witney - Miss Read
Troy - Fowey - Arthur Quiller-Couch
The Five Towns - Potteries - Arnold Bennett
Combray - Illiers - Marcel Proust
Clochemerle - Vaux-en-Beaujolais - Gabriel Chevallier
Vigàta - Porto Empedocle - Andrea Camilleri
Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi - Lafayette County - William Faulkner
St Mary Mead - Nether Wallop - Agatha Christie
Kingsbridge - Marlborough - Ken Follett
Kingsmarkham - Midhurst, Sussex - Ruth Rendell
Darrowby - Thirsk - James Herriot
Rummidge - Birmingham - David Lodge
Avonlea - Prince Edward Island - L M Montgomery
Castle Rock - Durham, Maine - Stephen King
Metropolis/Gotham City - Dover(DE)/Bridgeton(NJ) - DC Comics


Time codes
00:00 - Intro
00:58 - Casterbridge/Wessex - Thomas Hardy
01:49 - Barchester - Anthony Trollope
02:08 - Tilling - E F Benson
02:33 - Cranford - Elizabeth Gaskell
02:45 - Lark Rise - Flora Thompson
03:04 - Thrush Green - Miss Read
03:39 - Troy - Arthur Quiller-Couch
04:09 - The Five Towns - Arnold Bennett
04:48 - Combray - Marcel Proust
05:15 - Clochemerle - Gabriel Chevallier
05:48 - Vigàta - Andrea Camilleri
06:41 - Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi - William Faulkner
07:00 - St Mary Mead - Agatha Christie
07:53 - Kingsbridge - Ken Follett
08:16 - Kingsmarkham - Ruth Rendell
08:49 - Darrowby - James Herriot
09:05 - Rummidge - David Lodge
09:41 - Avonlea - L M Montgomery
10:05 - Castle Rock - Stephen King
10:23 - Metropolis/Gotham City - DC Comics

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