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Tsundoku

12:56 AM

I saw this in a bookshop earlier today: Lady MacBethad by Isabelle Schuler. A novel that reimagines the life of Gruoch aka Lady Macbeth.

There's also Lady Macbeth's Daughter by Lisa Klein. I always thought Lady Macbeth sucked at being a mother.

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@Tsundoku Does it say how many children she had? If so, perhaps you could undelete and revise your answer to that question!

@Tsundoku ha

Tsundoku

@verbose I'll consider it once I have figured out how many trees walked to Dunsinane.

We now have more questions about macbeth than about harry-potter.

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@Tsundoku I've always wondered whether the requirement that a US president be a "natural born citizen" excludes those delivered by Cæsarian section ....

@Tsundoku There is justice in the world after all. Or at least on LitSE

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@verbose Caesarea is quite far from the USA, so I guess not.

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1:11 AM

@ClaraDíazSanchez um yeah, no, she's no Mrs Chips. If you can get a hold of a copy, do read the book. It's brilliant (and very funny in some respects)

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CowperKettle

2:49 AM

Me Like Rock - (Caveman Rock Song)

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3:16 AM

@Bookworm Laura is not allowed in the HNQ

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8:12 AM

@Bookworm Nor our strong sorrow, upon the foot of HNQ

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Tsundoku

1:48 PM

To be fair, 17! is a lot more than a million. — Azor Ahai -him- Nov 7, 2023 at 15:49

That comment is on point ;-)

Tsundoku

2:10 PM

@Bookworm How to understand symbolism in Hot Network Questions? (Romance of the HNQ)

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Bookworm

8:19 PM

Q: Is the 'Quincey's moat' referenced in Edmund Blunden's 'Almswomen' a real place?

Edmund Blunden's poem 'Almswomen' begins: At Quincey's moat the squandering village ends, Does 'Quincey's moat' refer to a real place? The only notable Quincey I know of is Thomas De Quincey, the famous opium addict. I don't believe he owned or built any earthworks. Anyone care to prove me wron...

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Bookworm

10:04 PM

Q: Was Macbeth considering murdering Duncan before Lady Macbeth encouraged him to?

In Macbeth, after announcing that he will go be a harbinger for Duncan and make things ready for him at Inverness, Macbeth says this aside to himself: Macbeth [Aside] The Prince of Cumberland! that is a step On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap, For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fir...