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Origin of “give a watermelon a pure fit” in “Blood Meridian”
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Russian children's book about a boy's first train journey
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Help understanding this quote/hymn by Isaac Watts
Awarded Aug 19 at 21:05
In 'Pride and Prejudice',why was Mary's performance bad compared to Elizabeth's?
Awarded Aug 19 at 18:10
Does someone know the “Moment of Ljewin” in Anna Karenina?
Awarded Aug 19 at 11:00
Searching for an Illustrated Children's Book with Animal Characters
Awarded Aug 19 at 6:05
How can “Death be not proud” be related to the areas of exploration?
Awarded Aug 13 at 18:40
How much did Lombard know about the murders in “And Then There Where None”?
Awarded Aug 13 at 10:35
“Remembrance Day” in “Jude the Obscure”
Awarded Aug 6 at 11:35
“Just William” story in which school choir is mistaken for wolves
Awarded Aug 5 at 11:50
In the short story “Should Wizard hit Mommy” by John Updike,what is the author conveying through his narrated story and contradicting actions
Awarded Aug 5 at 7:35
Why does Mr Darcy immediately suspect Mrs Gardiner of telling Elizabeth of his hand in marrying Lydia?
Awarded Aug 4 at 18:35
If Hamlet, being a prince, outranked Horatio, why did he address him as “sir”?
Awarded Jul 31 at 21:35
What is the meaning of Samuel Butler's eulogy beginning “I fall asleep”?
Awarded Jul 25 at 0:30
What is The Princess Bride's “reunion scene” that you had to write to the publisher for?
Awarded Jul 24 at 2:05
00s (or latterly) novel which talk about a boy trying to survive in the jungle after a plane crash into a lake
Awarded Jul 24 at 0:10
Complicated name features in Wuthering Heights
Awarded Jul 20 at 23:15
About the role of Lizaveta in Crime and Punishment
Awarded Jul 20 at 13:25
How did Pilate order Judas' death in Master and Margarita?
Awarded Jul 19 at 16:20
An expression 'temporary absolution' from Maupassant's 'Confession'
Awarded Jul 14 at 3:20
Looking for a short story about a person whose conversations run from A to Z
Awarded Jul 10 at 19:45
Description of a character in 'War and peace'
Awarded Jul 9 at 13:25
How long had Bertha Mason been in the attic at the point of the events in Jane Eyre
Awarded Jul 1 at 18:30
What is the text Ivan refers to in the preface to the Grand Inquisitor
Awarded Jul 1 at 18:25
Difference between the two editions of “Great Books of the Western World”
Awarded Jun 19 at 1:05
Albert Thibaudet and the Geneva School?
Awarded Jun 18 at 15:50
UK comedy book about a man falsely accused of murder while his wife is off with the new neighbours
Awarded Jun 11 at 18:15
In “Candide”, are Prussian officers recruiting for the Bulgarian army?
Awarded Jun 10 at 14:25
Stendhal reference in Michael Herr's “Dispatches”
Awarded Jun 4 at 20:15
Is there a useful “entry-level” annotated edition of Le Morte d'Arthur
Awarded Jun 1 at 20:25
1970s feminist book with premise something like: All men are guilty of raping all women?
Awarded May 29 at 19:05
How to interpret “body that leaned stiffly” in H. P. Lovecraft's “Azathoth”?
Awarded May 25 at 19:50
Romeo and Juliet “Which then most sought where most might not be found”
Awarded May 23 at 7:10
Story about a cave full of hibernating rattlesnakes
Awarded May 20 at 13:55
Middle-grade or YA book with a very smart teenager
Awarded May 19 at 13:45
Book Identification: YA book about airplane crash in child's backyard
Awarded May 16 at 1:40
Play: With A Memorable Conversation between a villain and his henchman
Awarded May 11 at 18:00
What is the significance of Sauron never having a physical presence in the Lord of the Rings?
Awarded May 11 at 4:50
What does ahn in Maggie: A Girl of the Streets mean?
Awarded May 6 at 16:40
Was Victor Frankenstein an aristocrat?
Awarded May 4 at 16:15
Is there a hidden meaning in the name of Captain Foulenough?
Awarded May 3 at 7:50
What does Mark Twain mean by “keep hotel”?
Awarded Apr 29 at 0:30
What did Scout mean when she said “It takes a woman to do that kind of work”?
Awarded Apr 26 at 4:30
Novel: young woman blows herself up at her rich dad's party for Latin American dictators
Awarded Apr 24 at 1:15
What was the “cyclops' smoky band” to which Ewan MacColl's father belonged?
Awarded Apr 23 at 19:55
Gone Girl: How did Nick figure out the fourth clue?
Awarded Apr 22 at 9:20
Trying to remember a book about a kid with powers
Awarded Apr 15 at 4:05
What is the metre of this poem by Emily Bronte?
Awarded Apr 14 at 20:15
Ann Quin’s ambiguous prose
Awarded Apr 13 at 9:20
Looking for a Hispanic book where everyone has the same name?
Awarded Apr 7 at 22:45
Help me find a Childhood fictional book about a prisoner
Awarded Apr 4 at 13:05
Do word replacements in “A Clockwork Orange” affect the interpretation of the book as a whole?
Awarded Apr 3 at 14:35
What is the meaning of this sentence from “Polaris” by Lovecraft?
Awarded Mar 29 at 8:40
Do genre(s) of literature exist which take advantage of the Zeigarnik Effect?
Awarded Mar 28 at 9:00
How could Frankenstein get the parts for his second creature?
Awarded Mar 27 at 13:29
Dystopian novel that may or may not have been ahead of its time
Awarded Mar 26 at 17:00
Is Steinbeck's “The Moon is Down” set in Norway?
Awarded Mar 24 at 7:00
Fantasy book from my childhood: female protagonist, Blood Ore or Blood Metal for taking attributes
Awarded Mar 23 at 14:40
Poem with A's and T's representing Ford model A's and T's in traffic
Awarded Mar 22 at 16:25
Short sci-fi story called “Blood and Lust”
Awarded Mar 22 at 3:40
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