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Were schoolteachers really paid substantially less than $45 per month in 1990s Ukraine?
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Why did Wemmick want to keep his marriage secret in "Great Expectations"?
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Were schoolteachers really paid substantially less than $45 per month in 1990s Ukraine?
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Actual meaning of Shakespeare's sonnet 30
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Russian (possibly) story in which a man is too shy to meet his pen-pal
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What's the earliest fictional work of literature that contains an allusion to an earlier fictional work of literature?
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What's the earliest fictional work of literature that contains an allusion to an earlier fictional work of literature?
Awarded Mar 17 at 1:18
What is the name of this op-ed/essay/newspaper article written by Walt Whitman
Awarded Mar 14 at 3:26
Meaning of "none so poor to do him reverence" in Shakespeare's "Julius Cæsar"
Awarded Mar 9 at 18:52
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Awarded Mar 6 at 1:10
When is "Mr Pottermack's Oversight" set?
Awarded Mar 5 at 18:45
Book about Wife POV killing her husband and throwing his body down a well
Awarded Mar 3 at 16:46
In Blood Meridian, why does the judge call out the kid as being different?
Awarded Feb 27 at 1:50
Looking for a SF/alternate history book about a 19th century style explorer who navigates lands with corrupted fauna and flora
Awarded Feb 26 at 21:16
Looking for a SF/alternate history book about a 19th century style explorer who navigates lands with corrupted fauna and flora
Awarded Feb 26 at 4:16
Who is the speaker in Leonard Cohen's song, "Avalanche"?
Awarded Feb 25 at 17:18
Why do vultures unexpectedly start talking in Their Eyes Were Watching God?
Awarded Feb 24 at 12:27
"The dog gives but the cat is." What does it mean?
Awarded Feb 24 at 1:26
What was Koestler's opinion of Hardy's translation of Darkness at Noon?
Awarded Feb 21 at 18:52
What is the earliest work with the time-loop trope?
Awarded Feb 21 at 9:16
Meaning of "fix you up" in The Catcher in the Rye
Awarded Feb 20 at 8:55
What was a "ward in chancery"?
Awarded Feb 19 at 6:04
Why is Cormac McCarthy's prose so often described as "sparse"
Awarded Feb 18 at 17:47
In Kerouac's On The Road, what is snakejuice?
Awarded Feb 17 at 15:32
Does Winston Smith die at the end of 1984?
Awarded Feb 14 at 12:48
What does it mean to take iron to a transfer station?
Awarded Feb 10 at 10:25
How is “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck still relevant to readers of today?
Awarded Feb 9 at 9:16
I'm looking for manga or manhwa about girl that suffer dwarfism that make look like child and guy who is grown man but mind of a child
Awarded Feb 7 at 8:47
Why is Gravity’s Rainbow considered postmodern, yet Finnegans Wake is not?
Awarded Feb 7 at 1:09
Roald Dahl short story - wife kills drunkard husband by spiking his drink
Awarded Feb 2 at 3:18
Meaning of Pratchett's quote about coffee from "Thud!"
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Usage of "terrible" and "awful" in The Catcher in the Rye
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Meaning of Pratchett's quote about coffee from "Thud!"
Awarded Jan 31 at 21:36
What are the "hands of love" in Exit?
Awarded Jan 13 at 13:16
Why does "City of Blinding Lights" say that blessings go to both those who pray and those who steal?
Awarded Jan 13 at 1:33
Were Amado's Captains of the Sands based on reality?
Awarded Jan 12 at 15:18
Does the original Russian prose in The Foundation Pit by Andrey Platonov sound unusual/unconventional to Russian speakers?
Awarded Jan 12 at 10:26
In Ozymandias, who is the "ye" in the line "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" meant to be addressing?
Awarded Jan 12 at 0:37
In Ozymandias, who is the "ye" in the line "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" meant to be addressing?
Awarded Jan 10 at 23:10
"Hamlet" reference in "Crime and Punishment": translator's invention?
Awarded Jan 9 at 11:40
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Awarded Jan 8 at 21:22
Is there a name for the narrative technique of starting at the end and then going back to the beginning? (As in Lord Jim)
Awarded Jan 3 at 11:48
Where is the start of Treasure Island set?
Awarded Jan 1 at 15:06
What does George Orwell mean with "vague reverence"?
Awarded Jan 1 at 1:32
Children's book: "Augmenter" is a key concept
Awarded Dec 29, 2022 at 11:33
Why did the Macrobes demand another head at the end of That Hideous Strength?
Awarded Dec 19, 2022 at 9:10
"Stupid fluttering motherfuckers" in "The Sellout" by Paul Beatty
Awarded Dec 16, 2022 at 18:52
Why would Henry want to close the breach?
Awarded Dec 11, 2022 at 10:36
Why does Georgia connect so well with the clown's song?
Awarded Dec 9, 2022 at 20:19
Alfred Hitchcock story with a man seeing creatures out of the corner of his eye
Awarded Dec 4, 2022 at 8:20
What kind of jeans are Sears Rough Riders?
Awarded Dec 2, 2022 at 14:05
Are Tigris in The Hunger Games and Tigris in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes the same person?
Awarded Dec 1, 2022 at 0:31
''Blotches of diseased, evil gray ...''
Awarded Nov 28, 2022 at 21:27
Why is there so much technical detail of whaling included in Moby-Dick?
Awarded Nov 28, 2022 at 19:09
What is the meaning of the bike hit on the road by Jack Torrance and Al Shockley? (The Shining)
Awarded Nov 28, 2022 at 14:32
Origin of "The bells! The bells!" quote
Awarded Nov 25, 2022 at 12:57
In Foucault's Pendulum, which names are allusions to the real world, and which are not?
Awarded Nov 22, 2022 at 13:10
How does this fencing game work in the Three Musketeers?
Awarded Nov 16, 2022 at 17:49
What does "solidification" mean in "his departure or farewell was a kind of solidification"?
Awarded Nov 15, 2022 at 22:27
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