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Meaning of "furnished with a pipe and a supply of cold without" in Trollope's "Orley Farm"
Awarded Nov 30 at 23:19
Meaning of "the field was found to be plowed as thoroughly as any young man at Oxford" in 'The Book of Dragons'
Awarded Nov 15 at 0:49
Why did literary critic Harold Bloom say something that didn't correspond to reality regarding Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone?
Awarded Nov 5 at 14:56
Seeking story about chess in Soviet Union, probably Playboy c.1980?
Awarded Oct 30 at 16:10
Why did Stephen King choose room number 217?
Awarded Oct 29 at 17:12
Where did the names Siegfried and Tristan Farnon come from?
Awarded Oct 27 at 10:31
Who was the poet who said something like "Now only God knows (what I meant to say in that poem)"
Awarded Oct 24 at 14:41
Does The Chronicles of Narnia promote deism?
Awarded Oct 20 at 15:10
When Friday asks Robinson "Why God no kill the devil", why can't Robinson find a proper answer?
Awarded Oct 16 at 6:42
What was the case where Sherlock answers Watson's private thoughts?
Awarded Oct 14 at 22:06
"There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings" — where does this Dostoyevsky quote come from?
Awarded Oct 5 at 14:18
Does "football" mean "rugby" in Winter Holiday by Arthur Ransome?
Awarded Sep 24 at 16:31
Contrasting depictions of Asians in Tintin
Awarded Sep 18 at 19:51
Why does the speaker in the famous poem want the western wind to blow?
Awarded Sep 12 at 19:09
Meaning of the "quips" from Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita
Awarded Sep 10 at 1:47
What does the clown mean by saying that brothels in the cities "shall stand for seed" in the second scene of "Measure for Measure"?
Awarded Aug 30 at 6:49
Did Poirot fabricate a fingerprint in "The ABC Murders"?
Awarded Aug 25 at 23:41
What does "It's the Early Christian that gets the fattest lion." mean?
Awarded Aug 22 at 21:06
What does 'sheers' mean in scene 2, act I of "Measure for Measure"?
Awarded Aug 22 at 19:18
What does Mr Darcy refer to when objecting to Mr Bennet's "want of propriety"?
Awarded Aug 19 at 14:56
Why does Mr. Pumblechook call Mrs. Joe "mum"?
Awarded Aug 16 at 4:09
Who are the persons on this My Policeman cover?
Awarded Jul 20 at 1:55
Horror novel involving teenagers killed at a beach party for their part in another's (accidental) death
Awarded Jul 18 at 13:11
Children's book with a picnic list including tongue
Awarded Jul 13 at 16:33
Why is this line about prophecy in book 2 of the Odyssey thought to be "spurious"?
Awarded Jul 11 at 9:03
What "Irish Oath" sounds like "Thoth"?
Awarded Jul 8 at 22:50
Story about a community of rats that create art and another that only works and eventually all rats give up on art?
Awarded Jul 5 at 16:21
Meaning/significance of "All the King's horses" in the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme?
Awarded Jun 18 at 13:10
Definition of "Victorian vandal"
Awarded Jun 11 at 3:06
What does the mention of Israel suggest here in Greenmantle?
Awarded May 26 at 16:17
How can someone be of two nationalities during the First World War?
Awarded May 25 at 4:51
Was Mark Twain a racist?
Awarded May 22 at 8:32
Should Go Set a Watchman change our view of Atticus defending Tom Robinson?
Awarded May 9 at 0:32
Who are the main characters of "A Study in Emerald"?
Awarded May 8 at 16:55
Please identify the name and author of a short story about forbidden clocks
Awarded May 8 at 7:55
“Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.” Is this a genuine TS Eliot quote?
Awarded May 7 at 22:35
For and Against different Reading Orders for Narnia
Awarded May 7 at 15:18
What is the name of a short story where a computer insists 2+2 is 5?
Awarded May 5 at 19:27
Why did Yusuf's father have a silver rupee in his pocket?
Awarded May 5 at 19:27
What classic mystery novels and stories led to "the butler did it" becoming a cliché?
Awarded May 5 at 19:27
What kind of letters is "many an unexpected letter that WOL had written to himself"?
Awarded May 3 at 4:48
Are there two Pooh?
Awarded Apr 28 at 15:46
What does Thoreau mean by making one's pack in this paragraph from "Slavery in Massachusetts"?
Awarded Apr 26 at 11:33
"The Dearest Charms in France" - French story about soldiers, a lottery, and a famous prostitute
Awarded Apr 13 at 15:25
Story by S. Maugham or S. Zweig, mother manipulates her husbands to their graves and dies after her daughter's marriage
Awarded Apr 12 at 0:56
Poem-parody about O'Hare airport, written as though it were the Odyssey
Awarded Apr 10 at 12:21
Would "most unkindest" have been considered poor grammar in Shakespeare's time?
Awarded Apr 8 at 17:42
Why are all the schoolchildren referred to as guns in Clint Smith's "The Gun"?
Awarded Apr 2 at 17:05
Were schoolteachers really paid substantially less than $45 per month in 1990s Ukraine?
Awarded Mar 31 at 15:07
In 'The Graveyard Book' by Neil Gaiman, why is one 'Jack' named for a historical person
Awarded Mar 23 at 23:27
Has the text of Premchand's banned short-story collection Soz-e-Watan survived?
Awarded Mar 23 at 19:20
Why didn't The Last Battle mention Susan's reaction to her family's death?
Awarded Mar 21 at 19:19
What does "...they had all been born on their backs with their hands in their trousers-pockets..." mean?
Awarded Mar 21 at 0:27
"Miss" as a form of address to a married teacher in Bethan Roberts' "My Policeman"
Awarded Mar 17 at 20:19
Is there really a bawdy pun at the conclusion of Romeo and Juliet?
Awarded Mar 16 at 9:27
What does this excerpt from "To Kill a Mockingbird" about Atticus shooting the dog mean?
Awarded Mar 14 at 15:40
The beginning words in Andrew's Brain by E. L. Doctorow: "I CAN TELL you"
Awarded Mar 8 at 19:01
A story about a girl and a mechanical girl with a tattoo travelling on a train
Awarded Mar 6 at 4:02
Jordan's line about intimate parties in The Great Gatsby?
Awarded Mar 1 at 15:07
Is this mistake in Tolstoy's original, or just this translation?
Awarded Feb 27 at 2:26
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