0
Early on in the Soviet war in Afghanistan, the Soviet government went to great lengths to cover up the exact nature of the war, telling everyone that the troops were planting trees, building bridges, etc. They held funerals at night to try to prevent people from knowing about the large number of ...
0
At the school reunion in Girls, one former classmate recounted having seen Effie:
Last summer, Marinka says, by accident, on the street, "I didn't recognize her." She says that you, Effie, now weigh about 190 pounds, huge, a barrel, because they gave you insulin when you needed lithium - "But li...
I can see little reason for Dante to name his work a 'divine comedy.' At least with Inferno, I can better see it as a tragedy. Why did he choose to name his work as he did?
Let's review Stack Exchange's official guidelines for citing sources:
When you find a useful resource that can help answer a question (from another site or in an answer on Literature Stack Exchange) make sure you do all of the following:
Provide a link to the original page or answer
...0
In school circa mid 1970's I'd read a then-classic novel which I would like to read again if I can identify it.
I believe it was set around the time of the US Great Depression but I don't think it was Steinbeck's 1939 The Grapes of Wrath (though I could be wrong on that).
From what I remember the...
