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2008-11-16 Literature: Contemporary - the shadow lines by amitav ghosh: Hi Suyash, firstly, the title is a reference to Joseph Conrad's The Shadow Line (1917) and in that book the line refers to the threshold of a young man's development. That Ghosh uses it in plural refers...
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2008-11-05 Verne, Jules - 20 volumes of jules verne in French: Thank you for asking. The world of the Jules Verne books published by Hetzel is huge and the few indications you are giving me are so limited that I cannot tell you anything. I would need to see the books...
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2008-10-22 Literature: Contemporary - contemporary literature: Hi Cheryl, the word "contemporary" generally refers to writers that are still alive, or could be alive (if they died before, say, 100). That might go as far back as JD Salinger's Catcher in the Rye (1951)...
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2008-10-12 Literature: Contemporary - poem called white christmas: Hi Magda, I'm afraid I'm not going to provide you with a 10-15 sentence essay for your studies. That wouldn't be good for you, as you would miss a valuable opportunity to learn and grow here. However...
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2008-10-09 Verne, Jules - NC volcano: You are referring "Maître du monde" (Master of the world) by Jules Verne. Verne's Great Eyry is in fact Pilot Mountain close to Mount Airy (border of NC and VA), which is taken by the characters as a volcano...
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