Billy Nolan is a resentful, vindictive and abusive teenager who supplies Chris Hargensen with Pig blood for a prank that occurs within Carrie, written by Stephen King. King writes several passages relating to Billy's possessions, actions and circumsntaces. Below are some of these passages ( in ch...

The first section of first part of Burnt Norton seems to be focused on "time", although it is too abstract and as I say "beyond my perceptible sense" but in the least we understand the topic and the narrator. However, the last few lines of the first section Down the passage which we did not take...

I'm searching for the title of a book I read in the mid 2000s. Based on pop culture references in the book, it was set in Canada during the 80's and/or written by a Canadian author (possibly written in the 80's as well). I had taken it out of my elementary school library (again, in Canada). I see...

I remember reading a short story on the internet a decade or so ago. It was told in first person, from the perspective of a middle class (male?) in the USA, who had some kind of medical problem that was treated with legal opiate patches. One day he finds that he can get a much better effect if he...

The French Wikipedia article on Gustave Flaubert contains a section on Bouvard et Pécuchet, the author's unfinished novel. This section contains the following unsourced statement: Critiquant les idées reçues, Flaubert montre que, contrairement à ce que pense Hegel, l'Histoire n'a pas de fin, ell...

I would like to identify the passage from the Arabic original text of Ibn Khaldun's Muqaddimah whose translation is the following one: However, I am only a beginner in Arabic and I cannot find it :-(. It corresponds to Chapter 38 of Book 6 (the quoted translation is this one: http://www.muslimph...

It was in an anthology of short stories published prior to 1999 and written by a woman, maybe with the first name Anne, but I'm not certain. I recall her going into detail about beetles copulating in the woods but that's as much as I remember. I just loved the pacing and tone of the story and Goo...

If I buy a "Barnes & Noble Classics Series" edition of a book that is in public domain, can I be confident that it is "correct," in the sense of being unabridged, un-bowdlerize, and identical to the original? Answers to the likely follow-up questions: Why Barnes & Noble? I have a gift card. What ...