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The Cloven Viscount : by Italo Calvino
Marion Munier, Olivier Brown
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- 7 Avril 2023
- 9782808686617
What should we learn from The Cloven Viscount, the original philosophical tale of Italian literature? Find everything you need to know about this work in a complete and detailed analysis.You will find in this sheet:
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Northern Lights : by Philip Pullman
Thibaut Antoine, Olivier Brown
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- 7 Avril 2023
- 9782808686679
What should we learn from Northern Lights , the first part of an initiatory trilogy? Find everything you need to know about this work in a complete and detailed analysis.You will find in this file :
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Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Book Analysis) : Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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- 24 Octobre 2018
- 9782808012454
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, which follows Ifemelu and her first love Obinze, two young Nigerians who find themselves kept apart by geography and circumstances. Ifemelu moves to America, where she becomes aware of her blackness for the first time and begins a successful anonymous blog about race. Meanwhile, Obinze spends time in London, first as a research assistant and then as an undocumented immigrant, before returning to Nigeria and becoming a successful businessman. In spite of their very different circumstances and experiences, the bond between Ifemelu and Obinze remains as strong as ever. Americanah is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's third novel; she is also known for her award-winning novels Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun, and for her 2014 essay We Should All Be Feminists, adapted from her popular TEDx talk of the same name.
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Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (Book Analysis) : Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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- 8 Avril 2019
- 9782808018876
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. The novel follows two unlikely friends, the demon Crowley and the angel Aziraphale, as they attempt to avert an imminent nuclear Armageddon. They are joined by a memorable cast of characters, including the Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse, who style themselves as a biking gang, Anathema Device, who lives her life based on prophecies handed down from a witch in her family, Newton Pulsifer, a would-be scientist with an uncanny knack for breaking any and all technological devices, and the Antichrist himself, in the form of an unsuspecting 11-year-old called Adam. The novel was an immense popular success and inspired a 2019 miniseries starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Book Analysis) : Complete Summary and Book Analysis
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- 12 Octobre 2016
- 9782806280435
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, which tells the story of Juliet Ashton, a writer who one day is contacted by a man living in Guernsey. Through a series of letters exchanged with him and other residents of the island, Juliet acquires first-hand information about life under Nazi occupation and discovers how reading helped to keep the islanders alive. The book received the Indies Choice Book Award for Best Indie Buzz Book (Fiction) and reached the top of the New York Times Best Seller List for paperback trade fiction. Mary Ann Shaffer was an American writer and editor who died before seeing the publication of her first and only novel. Before she passed away, she asked her niece Annie Barrows, a children's author, to finish the editing and rewriting of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Find out everything you need to know about The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society in a fraction of the time!
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To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee (book analysis) : detailed summary, analysis and reading guide
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- 7 Décembre 2015
- 9782806295330
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a book about the trial of a black man accused of raping a white woman. By describing such a sensitive issue through the eyes of a child, Lee calls attention to the glaring inequalities in American society at the time and highlights the injustice of the legal system. First published in 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird quickly became an international bestseller. Nowadays, it often features on the lists of the best English-language books of the past century, and has been described by The Guardian as the "book of a lifetime". In spite of this, Lee herself was a relatively unknown figure. She was born in Alabama in 1926, and based much of To Kill a Mockingbird on an event which took place in her hometown. She died in 2016 at the age of 89.
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The curious incident of the dog in the night-time by mark haddon (book analysis) : detailed summary
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- 3 Avril 2019
- 9782808016070
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, which follows 15-year-old Christopher John Francis Boone as he investigates the murder of his neighbour's poodle Wellington, who has been gruesomely killed with a pitchfork. Christopher is a talented mathematician and possesses a rigorously logical mind, but he struggles to interpret social cues, which gives him a unique perspective on the emerging mystery. The discoveries he makes along the way will have lasting effects not only on Christopher, but also on those around him. Mark Haddon is a contemporary English writer, playwright, screenwriter, poet and cartoonist who has produced award-winning works for both adults and children.
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The god of small things by arundhati roy (book analysis) : detailed summary, analysis and reading guide
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- 3 Avril 2019
- 9782808016179
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, an intensely moving portrait of life and love in modern-day India. It tells the story of a pair of twins who were separated during childhood after a series of traumatic events that range from sexual assault to the death of their cousin. However, the true horrors of the novel are rooted in the oppressive laws that govern relationships in Indian society and keep individuals of different social classes apart. The God of Small Things is Arundhati Roy's debut novel. It remained her only published work of fiction for 20 years, until the publication of her second novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness in 2017.
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Cloud atlas by David Mitchell (book analysis) : detailed summary, analysis and reading guide
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- 28 Mars 2019
- 9782808014700
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, a novel consisting of six interconnected stories from different periods of history. Starting with the journal of a 19th-century lawyer, half of each story is told, only to be interrupted at a crucial moment, at which point the next story begins. The reader is taken on a whirlwind journey through the past, present and future, meeting a lovelorn composer from the interwar period, an investigative journalist with her first big scoop, a bumbling publisher trapped in a nursing home, a clone who takes up the banner of revolution, and eventually a tribesman in a post-apocalyptic world, whose story is told in full, only for the novel to cycle back through time, eventually bringing the reader back to that same 19th-century journal that opened the story. Cloud Atlas is one of David Mitchell's best-known works, and raises powerful questions about the nature of time, identity and humanity itself.
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Have Mercy on Us All with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Have Mercy on Us All by Fred Vargas, a novel which follows a murder investigation, the threat of an epidemic and a town crier all in the centre of contemporary Paris. When people begin to be mysteriously killed and rumours abound that the plague is at the heart of the matter, Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg opens up an investigation to get to the bottom of the case. Have Mercy on Us All was Vargas's first novel to be translated into English, and it was later made into a film which was released in 2007. Fred Vargas is a French writer, historian and archaeologist who has written several series of detective novels. She has won a range of literary awards, both in France and abroad.
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Leo the African with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Leo the African by Amin Maalouf, a historical novel which paints a vivid image of many of the most important events of the 16th century. It follows the Renaissance-era traveller Leo Africanus, but - since very little is actually known about his life - the author presents his own version of how Leo's life may have been. The novel is written in the form of a memoir and was greeted with widespread praise when it was first released, with particular interest given to the book's juxtaposition of the main religions of the time - Islam and Christianity. Leo the African is Amin Maalouf's first book, although he later received the Prix Goncourt for his novel The Rock of Tanios and went on to become a member of the Académie française. Although he writes in French, his native tongue is Arabic.
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Of mice and men by John Steinbeck (book analysis) : detailed summary, analysis and reading guide
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- 21 Décembre 2015
- 9782806270573
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, which follows two ranch workers, George and Lennie, as they look for work in California during the Great Depression. Like many of their contemporaries, they dream of earning enough to buy their own farm and living a peaceful, independent life, but they soon find that the deck is stacked against them and that even the most well-intentioned actions can have tragic consequences. Of Mice and Men is arguably Steinbeck's most popular book, and has inspired numerous adaptations across a range of mediums. Steinbeck is best-known for chronicling the hardship faced by itinerant workers in his native California, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962 "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining [...] sympathetic humour and keen social perception".
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Exit the King by EugÃne Ionesco (Book Analysis) : Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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- 24 Mai 2017
- 9782806295583
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of Exit the King by Eugène Ionesco, an absurdist drama which follows the king of the title as he struggles to come to terms with his impending death. The apparently absurd play, whose title gives away its ending, contains plenty of strange and humorous situations, but also gives the author the opportunity to reflect seriously on important themes such as death, destiny and human relationships. Ionesco was a Romanian-born French playwright and one of the leading figures of the movement known as the Theatre of the Absurd. He wrote many plays, including The Bald Soprano and Rhinoceros, and his work is still performed around the world today.
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The Time of the Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa (Book Analysis) : Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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- 29 Mars 2018
- 9782808002127
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Time of the Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa, which follows a group of cadets at the Leoncio Prado Military Academy (which the author himself attended as a teenager) as they navigate racial and social differences and grapple with the pervasive violence that surrounds them. The book catapulted its author to worldwide fame but was met with hostility at his former school, where it was publicly burnt. Mario Vargas Llosa was one of the key writers of the Latin American Boom in the 1960s and 1970s and has long been a key political voice in his native Peru. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010 after a literary career spanning several decades, and is still active as a novelist and journalist.
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Aura by Carlos Fuentes (Book Analysis) : Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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- 31 Mai 2018
- 9782808002301
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of Aura by Carlos Fuentes, which blends elements of magical realism, fantasy and the Gothic novel to create a highly original and disorienting narrative. It follows a young historian called Felipe Montero, who has just been hired by the eccentric widow Consuelo Llorente to work on her late husband's memoirs. As the narrative progresses, he slowly begins to unravel the bizarre relationship between Consuelo and her beautiful niece Aura, with consequences that he could never have imagined. Carlos Fuentes was one of the most influential Latin American writers of the 20th century, and his novels, essays and short stories, which often engage with the politics and history of his country, represent an essential landmark in Mexican literature.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell (Book Analysis)
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- 8 Octobre 2015
- 9782806294913
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of Animal Farm by George Orwell, a tale about an animal revolution on a farm and its consequences. While the premise may appear simple at first, a closer reading of the text reveals that Orwell's book is actually a stinging satire of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the government which then came to power. Due to the political context at the time the book was written, Orwell had great difficulty finding a publisher willing to potentially upset the peace between the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom. The book was eventually published in August 1945 and was universally acclaimed, even featuring in The Times' List of the 100 Best Novels. Orwell was an English writer born in British India. He was an outspoken critic of social injustice and totalitarianism, and is considered one of the finest British writers of all time.
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1984 by George Orwell (book analysis) : detailed summary, analysis and reading guide
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- 7 Décembre 2015
- 9782806295279
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of 1984 by George Orwell, a dystopian novel which presents an uncomfortably realistic portrayal of the future, a future where the government controls everything and residents are kept under constant surveillance. In a society where dissidence is brutally punished and history is altered to suit the State, Winston Smith is one of the few people who still opposes the totalitarian regime which runs the country with an iron fist. The novel, which has been described as a "masterpiece" by The Guardian, was written in 1948 (which is how the title came about: the reversal of the final two digits) and, after it was published the following year, went on not only to become a major success, but also to have a significant influence on the English language. George Orwell was a British writer who was born in British India in 1903. A strong critic of totalitarianism, he has written a number of books denouncing dictatorships, such as that of Stalin in the 20th century.
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The house of the spirits by Isabel Allende (book analysis) : detailed summary, analysis and reading
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- 31 Mai 2018
- 9782808001748
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende, a sweeping narrative which chronicles the lives of three generations of the Trueba-del Valle family. As the members of this family grow older, fall in love, develop their own political beliefs and come into conflict with each other, their story provides a constant echo of the rise and fall of the ideologies, traditions and systems that shaped Latin America itself. Isabel Allende is a Chilean writer, and is one of the most popular Spanish-language authors in the world. The House of the Spirits was her debut novel, and its popularity with readers catapulted her to widespread fame when it was published in 1982. Allende was awarded the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 2010 in tribute to her long and varied literary career.
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For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (Book Analysis) : Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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- 29 Mars 2018
- 9782808002042
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, one of the author's most famous and widely acclaimed novels. It draws on the author's own experience as a war correspondent during the Spanish Civil War, and tells the story of Robert Jordan, a demolitions specialist who is sent to blow up a bridge and unexpectedly finds love, comradeship and a greater understanding of humanity in the three days that follow. For Whom the Bell Tolls was unanimously recommended for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1941, but and after a complaint was lodged over the novel's explicit content, no award was given that year. Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954 and, along with contemporaries such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and John Steinbeck, is considered one of the most important writers of the so-called "Lost Generation".
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Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez (Book Analysis) : Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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- 29 Mars 2018
- 9782808002066
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez, a classic romance novel which centres on the characters of Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza, whose youthful romance determines the course of the rest of their lives. This masterfully constructed novel constantly alternates between three different timelines while also meditating on the different ways love can manifest itself, the interplay between fact and fiction and the realities of Colombian society in the early 20th century. Gabriel García Márquez was one of the best-known and most-loved Latin American writers of the 20th century, with a career spanning over 50 years. He wrote a series of influential novels, short stories and novellas, including One Hundred Years of Solitude, Chronicle of a Death Foretold and The General in His Labyrinth, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.
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Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Book Analysis) : Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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- 12 Juin 2018
- 9782808002240
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a gripping novel set against the backdrop of the Nigerian Civil War in the 1960s, when the Igbo people attempted to secede from Nigeria to found the Republic of Biafra. The novel depicts the ravages of war as seen through the eyes of a handful of mostly Igbo characters, whose personal lives become inextricably intertwined with the fate of their country. Half of a Yellow Sun won the 2007 Orange Prize for Fiction, and a film adaptation starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandie Newton was released in 2014. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is one of the most influential Nigerian writers active today, and has published a variety of novels, short stories and nonfiction works. Her debut novel Purple Hibiscus was longlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize.
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The Just Assassins by Albert Camus (Book Analysis) : Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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- 21 Décembre 2015
- 9782806270399
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Just Assassins by Albert Camus is a play written in 1949 and set in the context of the Russian revolution of 1905. At a time when political troubles were brewing in Europe and World War II was still very present in everyone's memories, Camus examines the notion of engagement and its interaction with ethics and values. Camus is known for his philosophical and thought-provoking novels and he often explored themes such as ethics, humanity and justice. His popular works earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957, making him the second-youngest recipient in history.
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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (Book Analysis)
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- 12 Octobre 2016
- 9782806279606
Unlock the more straightforward side of Lolita with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, which is the enthralling and disturbing tale of Humbert, a man in his forties, who falls in love with a young girl, soon becoming her stepfather and taking advantage of this position to pursue a vastly unsettling romance with her and fulfil his illicit desires. Lolita is regarded as one of the prime achievements in 20th century literature, though also among the most controversial, and its assimilation into popular culture is such that the name `Lolita' has been used to imply that a young girl is sexually precocious. Nabokov has achieved international prominence, and has been a finalist for the American National Book Award for Fiction seven times. Find out everything you need to know about Lolita in a fraction of the time! This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you: · A complete plot summary · Character studies · Key themes and symbols · Questions for further reflection Why choose BrightSummaries.com? Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you in your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com!
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The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (Book Analysis)
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- 12 Octobre 2016
- 9782806279583
Unlock the more straightforward side of The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, which tells the riveting tale of a man whose ship sinks during a voyage. He manages to swim to a desert island but is the only survivor and so spends the next three decades all alone on the island. But is he really alone? Defoe was one of the earliest novelists, helping to popularise this writing style in Britain. He is thought to have written over 500 books, pamphlets and journals on a variety of topics, earning him a place as one of Britain's most prolific writers.
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This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you:
o A complete plot summary
o Character studies
o Key themes and symbols
o Questions for further reflection
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Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you in your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
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