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Looking for a (Canadian) Collection of Stories for Kids
Awarded Dec 6, 2022 at 15:36
Is “I no longer know If I wish to drown myself in love, vodka or the sea.” a real Franz Kafka quote?
Awarded Dec 6, 2022 at 1:16
What are the practical schools of literary criticism that can be applied to analyze "Great Expectations"? [closed]
Awarded Nov 30, 2022 at 22:40
Pheasant hunting and manual transmission driving
Awarded Nov 27, 2022 at 3:10
Origin of "The bells! The bells!" quote
Awarded Nov 25, 2022 at 14:16
Short Story About a Woman Saving up to Buy a Gift?
Awarded Nov 22, 2022 at 7:36
Who wrote the eighteenth century song "The Topers"?
Awarded Nov 22, 2022 at 7:06
Meaning of "For if women become so bold..." from "Orestes"
Awarded Nov 20, 2022 at 1:28
Looking for location of a quote, "Nothing can work damage to me except myself", attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson
Awarded Nov 18, 2022 at 13:55
What do these two lines in Lewis Carroll's "All in the golden afternoon..." mean?
Awarded Nov 18, 2022 at 2:50
Where did Euripides say "keep a balance in your life"?
Awarded Nov 17, 2022 at 22:47
Why does de Villefort ask for a letter from Salvieux and not Saint-Méran?
Awarded Nov 16, 2022 at 15:12
Short story where foreign student doesn't know the word "Apologize"
Awarded Nov 16, 2022 at 9:41
In "Love Among the Ruins", what is 'a carpet'?
Awarded Nov 15, 2022 at 3:17
What does Walt Whitman mean by the last two lines in his poem, "The Voice of the Rain"?
Awarded Nov 14, 2022 at 11:12
Regarding Sally Andrews' first tannie Maria story, have there been questions about racism?
Awarded Nov 11, 2022 at 23:26
Meaning of “the hatter’s art” in Meyrink's "The Golem"
Awarded Nov 9, 2022 at 11:00
Seeking novel about a woman who meets a young man who plays with toy soldiers
Awarded Nov 6, 2022 at 7:10
Is there a translation or summary of Lem's short story "Crystal Ball"?
Awarded Nov 3, 2022 at 12:25
What is the difference between romanticism and existentialism?
Awarded Nov 1, 2022 at 12:21
What is the exact social status of Alexei Vronsky?
Awarded Oct 29, 2022 at 15:56
What is the "YOU LED THEM TO US??!!!" plot device called?
Awarded Oct 18, 2022 at 10:48
Satan's motivation in Paradise Lost
Awarded Oct 17, 2022 at 20:56
What does Borges' reference to the Greek mean in "The Lottery in Babylon"?
Awarded Oct 15, 2022 at 10:33
What form of figurative language is this in Achebe's "Things Fall Apart"?
Awarded Oct 11, 2022 at 22:26
Identification of Theatrical Play about Vietnam War
Awarded Oct 8, 2022 at 22:12
Who were the attackers of Glens Falls? (The Last of the Mohicans)
Awarded Oct 5, 2022 at 4:05
Hamlet - swear on my sword part - why the sudden shift in tone?
Awarded Sep 30, 2022 at 20:17
Looking for a science fiction short story about aliens harvesting heat from a probe
Awarded Sep 27, 2022 at 14:06
Looking for a collection of British medical short stories circa 1950's
Awarded Sep 26, 2022 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, 2022 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, 2022 at 11:25
What does "The people know that and are waiting for it" mean?
Awarded Sep 18, 2022 at 5:40
What does "atom" mean in Don Quixote?
Awarded Sep 11, 2022 at 15:50
What did Alexander Pope mean by "That reason, passion, answer one great aim"?
Awarded Sep 6, 2022 at 15:11
Poem about a gross but beautiful urban garden, possibly by Millay
Awarded Aug 20, 2022 at 17:31
Why did Carl Jung write "Man and his symbols" in English?
Awarded Aug 20, 2022 at 10:19
Purpose of the "How do you get to West Egg village?" scene in "The Great Gatsby"
Awarded Aug 19, 2022 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, 2022 at 22:34
Where did Orwell complain about exaggerated praise in reviews of mediocre books?
Awarded Aug 16, 2022 at 23:04
Book about a girl named Abygail who can travel in time
Awarded Aug 16, 2022 at 3:01
What play are these lines a reference to?
Awarded Aug 11, 2022 at 5:15
Inheritance of the title "Marquis St. Evrémonde" in "A Tale of Two Cities"
Awarded Aug 6, 2022 at 14:02
Humorous quote about some minor indiscretion leading to a major crime
Awarded Jul 29, 2022 at 3:07
Trying to remember Chaucer-like story’s name
Awarded Jul 28, 2022 at 17:47
Meaning of "none so poor to do him reverence" in Shakespeare's "Julius Cæsar"
Awarded Jul 22, 2022 at 18:18
What does PO stand for in this context? [closed]
Awarded Jul 21, 2022 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, 2022 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, 2022 at 2:52
Where in "Walden" does Thoreau "hug trees"?
Awarded Jul 14, 2022 at 10:56
What is the meaning of "The first rocket flamed to Heaven"?
Awarded Jul 4, 2022 at 14:25
Categories of narrative focus
Awarded Jul 3, 2022 at 18:17
Why are so many Agatha Christie novels published with multiple titles?
Awarded Jun 29, 2022 at 14:05
Is Frederic 21 or 22 in "Pirates of Penzance"?
Awarded Jun 29, 2022 at 11:18
How does soap undermine the church in "A Connecticut Yankee"?
Awarded Jun 27, 2022 at 14:25
Children’s book with a mouse called Nils
Awarded Jun 26, 2022 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, 2022 at 0:35
Why did Urquhart choose "neck of a goose" in his English translation of Gargantua?
Awarded Jun 24, 2022 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, 2022 at 10:34
What does "Pulled-up" mean in the Lawrence Joseph poem Rubaiyat?
Awarded Jun 13, 2022 at 10:36
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