Gareth Rees

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Was the title "The Lord of the Rings" picked on purpose to be ambiguous?

Sep 15, 2020

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Why is Aragorn so weird to Pippin when they make their final farewell before going back to the Shire?

Oct 12, 2020

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Did H. G. Wells use an emoticon in “The Time Machine”?

Jun 19, 2021

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Why don't Mr. Bennet's daughters get to inherit the Longbourn estate?

Jan 14, 2019

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Bilbo’s song of Eärendil in “The Fellowship of the Ring”

Jul 13, 2020

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Bilbo’s song of Eärendil in “The Fellowship of the Ring”

Jul 13, 2020

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Were English poets of the sixteenth century aware of the Great Vowel Shift?

Nov 25, 2020

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Origin of “Good books are the warehouses of ideas”, attributed to H. G. Wells on commemorative £2 coin?

Jan 6, 2021

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What is the libellous meaning of ‘daffy-down-dilly’?

Mar 22, 2020

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What evidence is there for the "recession of accent" theory?

Apr 27, 2020

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How did Dante know so much about geography and astronomy in his Purgatorio?

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What does "...they had all been born on their backs with their hands in their trousers-pockets..." mean?

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What does "were with him when Divine Love first moved those fair things" mean in Dante's "Inferno"?

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Who are the speakers in John Barth's "Menelaiad"?

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