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@Tsundoku Thanks both for reading the essay and catching the broken links! I have updated them. I'm very grateful. I found a different one that works for "fabulously wealthy". I hope you enjoyed the article.
 
 
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Q: What does 'oil-stained pages' mean in this sentence?

Lee ZhiyuanThis sentence is from Markus Zusak's The Book Thief, in which he describes a German street before and during a bombing. “The last time I saw her was red. The sky was like soup, boiling and stirring. In some places, it was burned. There were black crumbs, and pepper, streaked across the redness. ...

 
 
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Q: "impelling fascination" - meaning?

John VIn a story by H. P. Lovecraft, I do not understand the meaning of the "impelling fascination" phrase. The whole sentence reads like that: My friend had told me of him, and of the impelling fascination and allurement of his revelations, and I burned with eagerness to explore his uttermost mysteri...

 
 
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Q: "And there were none"-A crime thriller by AGATHA CHRISTIE

user37920My question and I would like to know that The mystery about the Novel" And there were none" is like other novels of her is that her works do not refer to any party of alcoholic beverages, spirits. And there is no Fighting but the result of fighting is mentioned. Perhaps on rare occasions she was ...

 
 
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3:50 PM
It hurt to omit the Oxford commas here, but I must faithfully transcribe the image and adding the commas would be against the original presentation...
 
4:14 PM
In case any of our lovely answerers want to decrease the Unanswered count by one, there is one Pasta Addict SitD question still unanswered...
 
 
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5:24 PM
@bobble Done.
The Neglected Books Page: "Where forgotten books are remembered".
And a nice round number:
@bobble I'm going to buy some pasta now ;-)
 
 
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7:43 PM
Hehe, nice
 
 
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Q: Tolstoy's "A Letter to a Hindu" - Krishna Quote References?

RajIn Tolstoy's letter to Gandhi (A Letter to a Hindu), Tolstoy quotes extensively from Krishna. On page 12 above, Gandhi asks for the reference: "In the letter in question, you have quoted largely from Krishna and given reference to passages. I should thank you to give me the title of the book from...

 
 
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11:11 PM
According to the publisher of this French translation, "The Last Days of Kant" is one of Thomas De Quincey's best texts.
 

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