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Hamlet - swear on my sword part - why the sudden shift in tone?
Awarded Sep 30 at 20:17
Looking for a science fiction short story about aliens harvesting heat from a probe
Awarded Sep 27 at 14:06
Looking for a collection of British medical short stories circa 1950's
Awarded Sep 26 at 18:56
Source of Brecht quote, "I'm not trying to prove I'm right, but to find out whether", in Christie Malry
Awarded Sep 21 at 10:06
Told from the point of view of an old man who lives alone and rarely goes out, written by a Scandinavian author
Awarded Sep 20 at 11:25
What does "The people know that and are waiting for it" mean?
Awarded Sep 18 at 5:40
What does "atom" mean in Don Quixote?
Awarded Sep 11 at 15:50
What did Alexander Pope mean by "That reason, passion, answer one great aim"?
Awarded Sep 6 at 15:11
Poem about a gross but beautiful urban garden, possibly by Millay
Awarded Aug 20 at 17:31
Why did Carl Jung write "Man and his symbols" in English?
Awarded Aug 20 at 10:19
Purpose of the "How do you get to West Egg village?" scene in "The Great Gatsby"
Awarded Aug 19 at 14:05
Book about an old man named Seigel or Siegel, young maid with abusive boyfriend may have killed old man
Awarded Aug 17 at 22:34
Where did Orwell complain about exaggerated praise in reviews of mediocre books?
Awarded Aug 16 at 23:04
Book about a girl named Abygail who can travel in time
Awarded Aug 16 at 3:01
What play are these lines a reference to?
Awarded Aug 11 at 5:15
Inheritance of the title "Marquis St. Evrémonde" in "A Tale of Two Cities"
Awarded Aug 6 at 14:02
Humorous quote about some minor indiscretion leading to a major crime
Awarded Jul 29 at 3:07
Trying to remember Chaucer-like story’s name
Awarded Jul 28 at 17:47
Meaning of "none so poor to do him reverence" in Shakespeare's "Julius Cæsar"
Awarded Jul 22 at 18:18
What does PO stand for in this context? [closed]
Awarded Jul 21 at 23:50
What is the name of the short story about the woman whose new husband steals her money by climbing onto the roof of a bus?
Awarded Jul 21 at 15:16
Where does the quote “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right” come from?
Awarded Jul 19 at 2:52
Where in "Walden" does Thoreau "hug trees"?
Awarded Jul 14 at 10:56
What is the meaning of "The first rocket flamed to Heaven"?
Awarded Jul 4 at 14:25
Categories of narrative focus
Awarded Jul 3 at 18:17
Why are so many Agatha Christie novels published with multiple titles?
Awarded Jun 29 at 14:05
Is Frederic 21 or 22 in "Pirates of Penzance"?
Awarded Jun 29 at 11:18
How does soap undermine the church in "A Connecticut Yankee"?
Awarded Jun 27 at 14:25
Children’s book with a mouse called Nils
Awarded Jun 26 at 5:46
Connection (if any) between James Baldwin and "Easy Rider"? Why would he be signing a copy circa '60s or '70s?
Awarded Jun 26 at 0:35
Why did Urquhart choose "neck of a goose" in his English translation of Gargantua?
Awarded Jun 24 at 12:47
Aren't there any thought criminals who commit suicide in Oceania and what would it mean for the government?
Awarded Jun 22 at 10:34
What does "Pulled-up" mean in the Lawrence Joseph poem Rubaiyat?
Awarded Jun 13 at 10:36
What is meant by "I'm going to push my stuff in" in Dorothy Sayers's "Strong Poison"?
Awarded Jun 11 at 18:28
Help finding a book/short story about a man who comes back from the dead and finds himself in a world that's forgotten fear
Awarded Jun 7 at 1:52
Story about a murder that leads to an execution; turns out to be suicide
Awarded May 23 at 19:27
When in "The Dresden Files" does "Little Things" chronologically take place?
Awarded May 22 at 22:16
Story about a man who bets his head but not his neck with the devil
Awarded May 22 at 1:25
Why was Hugues de Groot also called "Grotius"?
Awarded May 20 at 14:25
What is the meaning of Benjamin the donkey's cryptic answer?
Awarded May 19 at 4:18
Is Barrett Emerson, portrayed in the TV series "Will", a real Christopher Marlowe patron?
Awarded May 16 at 17:40
Confusing paragraph from the story 'Evans tries an O-level' by Colin Dexter
Awarded May 12 at 14:16
How is "They seem to have a lot of parsons there, don’t they?” a joke?
Awarded May 11 at 16:56
What does George Orwell mean with "vague reverence"?
Awarded May 7 at 7:32
Old book: boy and girl co-dreaming serialised on BBC radio
Awarded May 6 at 13:06
How to read "truths in Nietzsche’s sense of the word"
Awarded May 4 at 13:28
What does 'diope' mean in the poem 'Pediatric Reflection' by Ogden Nash?
Awarded May 1 at 6:00
Science fiction book in which a doctor treats a sociopathic child who killed her brother
Awarded Apr 28 at 17:49
A company goes bankrupt after adopting "socialist" policies
Awarded Apr 28 at 16:55
Dystopian short story read in US high school: boy and man travel through ancient ruins which are actually our modern-day civilisation
Awarded Apr 28 at 15:05
Did Charlotte Bronte expect the readers of "Jane Eyre" to know French?
Awarded Apr 25 at 13:36
Author - Title vs Title - Author when referring to a work
Awarded Apr 18 at 3:25
Disconnected components in Yahgulanaas' "Red: A Haida Manga"
Awarded Apr 17 at 6:06
Is there actually such a thing as "OCR-pirated" books?
Awarded Apr 13 at 16:13
What does "fail us" mean in the book "Pachinko"?
Awarded Apr 7 at 4:57
What does "much worse fed and lodged and treated altogether than" mean in chapter 12 from Dickens's Little Dorrit?
Awarded Apr 4 at 2:30
Why could Banquo see the three witches?
Awarded Apr 2 at 6:21
What does "red haze of agony" mean in "Terrified" by C. B. Gilford?
Awarded Mar 24 at 7:05
Has the Maltese poem "Fuq Għoljiet Dingli" ("On Dingli Cliffs") by Victor Fenech been ever translated into any other language?
Awarded Mar 20 at 18:35
Meaning of "huffle of a snail", "goat's new compass", etc. in A. A. Milne's "The Four Friends"
Awarded Mar 20 at 17:45
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