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What is the meaning of Lord Vetinari's dungeon door in Terry Pratchett's "Guards! Guards!"?

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Meaning of Shell, Remove, and Hundreds in Alice Winn's In Memoriam (and other novels with public school settings)

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What did time move on from?

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"Chieftain" and Toussaint's ethnicity in Wordsworth's "To Toussaint L'Ouverture"

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Contrasting depictions of Asians in Tintin

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What is a “sawney tea” in Kingsley Amis’ “The Riverside Villas Murder”?

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What does "the clustering keovas" mean in Sarojini Naidu's "The Snake Charmer"?

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Significance of the title of "Corn-Grinders" by Sarojini Naidu

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Why a "moonless" vigil in Sarojini Naidu's "Dirge"?

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The distinction between the Orwell's belief about real world and his imagination

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Why does the clerk go down the slide twenty times in "A Christmas Carol"?

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A question about sewing a collar in Tom Sawyer

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The first Manx novel?

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Meaning of "suck on their fingers" in "Everyone Cried" by Lydia Davis

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In Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, how can the reader intuit the meaning of "champagne" in the first chapter?

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Krazy language in Krazy Kat, 25 July 1936

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What is the textual source for the original ending of Austen's Persuasion?

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Does the poem 'In Just' (e. e. cummings) allude to innocents being led astray by the devil?

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In John Barth's short story Lost In The Funhouse, what is the purpose of the interrupted sentences?

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Which mystery writer said they picked the murderer only after writing the book?

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Did Charles Dickens change the endings of any of his books other than Great Expectations?

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Does "Blood Meridian" accurately describe gunpowder manufacture?

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What is the source of Hannah Arendt's quote about Les Mots by Sartre?

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Why is the town called "Trinity"?

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What do ‘redda', 'the taste of babat', 'Kottu Aiya', and ‘Kunu kaaraya’ mean? (From "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida")

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Is there a relationship between Edward VI and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?

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Where/what is "C" in Annie Ernaux's short story "Returns"

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Meaning of "contrast of her extraction to this girl's and mine" in "Little Dorrit"

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What does the anecdote about teeing off have to do with Allie's red hair in "The Catcher in the Rye"?

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"Stupid fluttering motherfuckers" in "The Sellout" by Paul Beatty

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What is the meaning of Lord Vetinari's dungeon door in Terry Pratchett's "Guards! Guards!"?

Meaning of Shell, Remove, and Hundreds in Alice Winn's In Memoriam (and other novels with public school settings)

What did time move on from?

"Chieftain" and Toussaint's ethnicity in Wordsworth's "To Toussaint L'Ouverture"

Contrasting depictions of Asians in Tintin

What is a “sawney tea” in Kingsley Amis’ “The Riverside Villas Murder”?

What does "the clustering keovas" mean in Sarojini Naidu's "The Snake Charmer"?

Significance of the title of "Corn-Grinders" by Sarojini Naidu

Why a "moonless" vigil in Sarojini Naidu's "Dirge"?

The distinction between the Orwell's belief about real world and his imagination

Why does the clerk go down the slide twenty times in "A Christmas Carol"?

A question about sewing a collar in Tom Sawyer

The first Manx novel?

Meaning of "suck on their fingers" in "Everyone Cried" by Lydia Davis

In Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, how can the reader intuit the meaning of "champagne" in the first chapter?

Krazy language in Krazy Kat, 25 July 1936

What is the textual source for the original ending of Austen's Persuasion?

Does the poem 'In Just' (e. e. cummings) allude to innocents being led astray by the devil?

In John Barth's short story Lost In The Funhouse, what is the purpose of the interrupted sentences?

Which mystery writer said they picked the murderer only after writing the book?

Did Charles Dickens change the endings of any of his books other than Great Expectations?

Does "Blood Meridian" accurately describe gunpowder manufacture?

What is the source of Hannah Arendt's quote about Les Mots by Sartre?

Why is the town called "Trinity"?

What do ‘redda', 'the taste of babat', 'Kottu Aiya', and ‘Kunu kaaraya’ mean? (From "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida")

Is there a relationship between Edward VI and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?

Where/what is "C" in Annie Ernaux's short story "Returns"

Meaning of "contrast of her extraction to this girl's and mine" in "Little Dorrit"

What does the anecdote about teeing off have to do with Allie's red hair in "The Catcher in the Rye"?

"Stupid fluttering motherfuckers" in "The Sellout" by Paul Beatty