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

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How do I straighten out a paperback book's cover that is bent?

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A crime/detective story where the protagonist tells his murder story in great detail and still roams free

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What does Agatha Christie mean with "in a telegraphic style"?

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Meaning of "every dewdrop paints a bow" from In Memoriam, Section CXXII by Alfred lord Tennyson

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In Pride and Prejudice, how did Lady Catherine find out about Darcy's proposal?

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What does "it never takes the poignancy of the sting away from a beating received" mean?

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What does spit mean in "spit in my glove" from the memoir by Powers? Literally spit?

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Is "Here we come a-wassailing" supposed to be sung at Christmas?

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What word did Updike have in mind here?

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Why is snow compared to "ash" in the poem "Snowfall"?

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Book featuring John Dee's assistant and a Hungarian vampire lady

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Who are The Sixteen Sexophonists in Brave New World?

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What do "Joggleberry", "celestial limit" and "pink penultimate" mean in "The Power-House"?

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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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Book set in Britain about a boy with Asperger's whose dad's name was Chris

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What did John Betjeman mean by "You kiddies have crumpled the serviettes/And I must have things daintily served"?

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Is there any other definition or sub-meaning of the term 'marines'?

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Why do some Lapine words have pronunciation guidelines as footnotes?

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Why the word "sootikin" in a children's poem "Choosing Their Names"?

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What is King Darzin?

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What is the meaning of “the drumstick” in this novel by John Galsworthy?

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Is there any significance in the cry "Euan, euan, eu-oi-oi-oi" in Prince Caspian?

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What does this gesture mean?

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Seeking Title and Poet of Post WWI poem closing with "If there is no reward for devotion such as this, I'll take my chances in hell"

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What do these expressions mean in H.G. Wells's novel Kipps?

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What is the significance of Blackberry's name in Watership Down?

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UK comedy book about a man falsely accused of murder while his wife is off with the new neighbours

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Identify Chesterton's story in which a character wants people to be cheerful but ends up committing suicide

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Is the house plan in Anne Frank's diary an artistic rendition, or is it sketched by Anne?

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