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Meaning of "the way they used to use up old women, in Russia, sweeping dirt" in "The Handmaid's Tale"
Awarded Nov 25 at 12:36
Why was 1984 set in 1984?
Awarded Nov 23 at 16:26
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 13:45
Why did literary critic Harold Bloom say something that didn't correspond to reality regarding Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone?
Awarded Nov 6 at 22:03
Why are place names obscured in Charlotte Brontë's The Professor?
Awarded Oct 20 at 11:27
When Friday asks Robinson "Why God no kill the devil", why can't Robinson find a proper answer?
Awarded Oct 16 at 23:26
Has copy protection ever been used in physical books?
Awarded Oct 14 at 20:46
Contrasting depictions of Asians in Tintin
Awarded Sep 20 at 9:41
What does "N. takes M." mean in "Emma"?
Awarded Sep 4 at 11:25
Censorship of African-American characters in "Tintin in America"
Awarded Aug 29 at 7:32
If Phileas Fogg had a clock that showed the exact date and time, why didn't he realize that he had arrived a day early?
Awarded Jul 27 at 11:20
Does Don Quijote in fact say "Facts are the enemy of truth"?
Awarded Jul 25 at 14:33
What is the name of a short story where a computer insists 2+2 is 5?
Awarded May 8 at 20:25
Can a ceiling have a front door that had once been a front door?
Awarded May 5 at 6:56
Are there two Pooh?
Awarded Apr 28 at 17:09
Why are all the schoolchildren referred to as guns in Clint Smith's "The Gun"?
Awarded Apr 1 at 8:18
Were schoolteachers really paid substantially less than $45 per month in 1990s Ukraine?
Awarded Mar 29 at 16:18
"Miss" as a form of address to a married teacher in Bethan Roberts' "My Policeman"
Awarded Mar 19 at 21:36
Jordan's line about intimate parties in The Great Gatsby?
Awarded Mar 3 at 6:33
How did Leo Tolstoy approve Maude's English translation of War and Peace? Did he speak good English already?
Awarded Feb 27 at 8:33
Meaning of Pratchett's quote about coffee from "Thud!"
Awarded Feb 2 at 22:37
Who "dribbled a lot and wasn’t allowed anything sharp" in "Good Omens"?
Awarded Feb 1 at 14:51
A scientist tries to make a man more intelligent
Awarded Jan 30 at 12:55
Would "most unkindest" have been considered poor grammar in Shakespeare's time?
Awarded Jan 29 at 9:15
What is the source of "You can achieve a lot with hate, but even more with love" (Shakespeare?)
Awarded Jan 20 at 19:25
In Ozymandias, who is the "ye" in the line "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" meant to be addressing?
Awarded Jan 9 at 14:56
Should I read The Silmarillion before or after reading The Lord of the Rings?
Awarded Dec 18, 2022 at 18:26
Why would Henry want to close the breach?
Awarded Dec 13, 2022 at 0:56
What's the deal with Bilbo being some kind of "burglar"?
Awarded Nov 29, 2022 at 2:05
Short Story About a Woman Saving up to Buy a Gift?
Awarded Nov 23, 2022 at 8:21
Limerick involves a pregnant Scottish woman and anagrams
Awarded Oct 21, 2022 at 13:25
Was Paradise Lost the first major work of literature to give "sympathy for the devil"?
Awarded Oct 17, 2022 at 18:32
What translation/version of the Bible would Chaucer have read?
Awarded Oct 12, 2022 at 13:26
Where did the term Kwisatz Haderach in Dune originate?
Awarded Oct 7, 2022 at 0:25
Meaning of a 19 century joke printed in a newspaper, with punchline "Oh, mother, what a good job the cat’s a black one"
Awarded Sep 5, 2022 at 13:27
The author of a literary work disagrees with critics about meaning—who's right?
Awarded Aug 30, 2022 at 7:11
Story where professor claims a step in a proof "is obvious" when it is far from obvious
Awarded Aug 15, 2022 at 18:27
In 1984, why did O'Brien wait so long?
Awarded Jul 30, 2022 at 3:40
Identify this American novel set in the Great Depression era, perhaps set in Chicago and focused on meat packing?
Awarded Jul 5, 2022 at 23:33
Why is Dante's Magnum Opus Called a 'Divine Comedy'?
Awarded Jul 5, 2022 at 22:52
Story about a man who bets his head but not his neck with the devil
Awarded May 31, 2022 at 17:06
Does Gandalf ever say this in the book "The Hobbit", or is it made up for the movie?
Awarded May 16, 2022 at 15:40
Accented è in Blake's "The little ones leapèd, and shoutèd, and laugh'd / And all the hills echoèd."
Awarded May 2, 2022 at 18:57
Why would a Ukrainian police officer speak broken Ukrainian?
Awarded Apr 18, 2022 at 4:45
What is meant by the title "The Color of Money"?
Awarded Apr 18, 2022 at 3:33
Does "The Charge of the Light Brigade" glorify war or criticize it?
Awarded Mar 16, 2022 at 22:42
Explain the 28 Feb 2022 Dilbert cartoon use of the phrase "sticking the landing"
Awarded Mar 1, 2022 at 21:45
Who "dribbled a lot and wasn’t allowed anything sharp" in "Good Omens"?
Awarded Mar 1, 2022 at 16:41
What is the benefit in the Prologue "spoiling" the play in Romeo and Juliet?
Awarded Jan 5, 2022 at 21:17
What is "the line children draw to represent a bird in flight"?
Awarded Dec 31, 2021 at 19:51
Did T.S. Eliot really plagiarize in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"?
Awarded Oct 22, 2021 at 17:17
Why does this copy of the Iliad mention "the will of God"?
Awarded Sep 30, 2021 at 22:08
What is the opposite of deus ex machina?
Awarded Sep 22, 2021 at 10:35
What is the earliest reference in fiction to a government-approved thieves guild?
Awarded Sep 19, 2021 at 16:31
What is a Daniel?
Awarded Sep 14, 2021 at 15:55
Why is a "cucumber sandwich" specifically used as what English faith has "only just enough teeth to get through"?
Awarded Aug 31, 2021 at 20:16
Use of "pounds" instead of "roubles" in passage of "The Idiot"
Awarded Aug 24, 2021 at 9:31
Meaning of 'Yawl write, hear?'
Awarded Aug 20, 2021 at 2:46
Why Did Doyle Choose 221B Baker Street?
Awarded Aug 19, 2021 at 12:12
Why is it called Watership Down?
Awarded Aug 5, 2021 at 19:41
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