Catherine Eisner
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Kipling
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Saturday, 16 March 2019
D-r Tchékhov, Detektiv . . . the Problems of Englishing a Completist. Too anorakish?
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It is well-known that, like Kipling, Tchékhov prided himself on his hyperdetailed understanding of the habits, customs and manners of the to...
Monday, 11 June 2018
Grim Secrets of Room 101 . . . Is it Time to Uncover the Origin of Orwell’s Worst Fears in Nineteen Eighty-Four?
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‘In your case,’ said O’Brien, ‘the worst thing in the world happens to be rats.’ [Winston Smith’s] bowels seemed to turn to water. ...
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