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3 | (2) |
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5 | (3) |
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8 | (1) |
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Bovril: And World Domination |
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12 | (2) |
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Milk of Kindness; Grapes of Wrath |
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To Finish With, a Lorna Doone Biscuit |
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2 The Body of Literature: Heads, Lungs, Hearts, and Bowels |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (3) |
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28 | (2) |
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James's Irritably (Frigid) Bowel Syndrome |
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30 | (2) |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (3) |
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36 | (3) |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (3) |
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44 | (5) |
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`Set it Down': But How Exactly? |
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49 | (2) |
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The First Typewriter-Writer |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (3) |
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55 | (3) |
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58 | (5) |
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63 | (3) |
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The Carlyles' Wedding Night |
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66 | (1) |
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67 | (4) |
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George Eliot's Two Honeymoons |
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71 | (1) |
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72 | (3) |
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Green Carnations (continued) |
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75 | (1) |
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Love My Manuscript More Than You |
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76 | (5) |
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5 Better Than Sex, Some Say |
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81 | (2) |
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83 | (1) |
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84 | (3) |
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Du Maurier the Younger: Cigarettes Again |
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87 | (1) |
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Du Maurier the Third: Rebecca |
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88 | (5) |
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6 Some Curious Literary Records: Best, Worst, and Most |
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93 | (3) |
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96 | (2) |
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98 | (2) |
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100 | (1) |
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101 | (3) |
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104 | (2) |
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Chalk, Pen, or Typewriter? |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (3) |
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110 | (2) |
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112 | (2) |
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114 | (2) |
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The Most Productive Holiday in English Literature |
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116 | (3) |
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119 | (6) |
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7 Literary Crimewatch (and Gunplay) |
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Rape and the Ethical Classroom |
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125 | (4) |
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129 | (3) |
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132 | (2) |
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Literary Assault and Battery |
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134 | (3) |
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137 | (1) |
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Gunplay (II) Arms and the Woman |
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138 | (1) |
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Gunplay (III) Arms and the Men |
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138 | (3) |
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Gunplay (IV) The Hemingway Solution |
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141 | (6) |
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Who `Wrote' Paradise Lost? |
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147 | (2) |
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Who `Wrote' The Tragic Muse? |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (3) |
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Who Wrote the First Western? |
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153 | (1) |
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Who invented the Supercomputer (in Literature)? |
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154 | (2) |
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Who Wrote the King James Bible? |
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156 | (5) |
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161 | (4) |
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165 | (2) |
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167 | (4) |
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171 | (3) |
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174 | (3) |
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177 | (1) |
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178 | (5) |
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10 Readers: Distinguished and Less Distinguished |
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Smart Writers, Dumb Readers |
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183 | (3) |
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186 | (1) |
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187 | (3) |
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Presidential Readers (II) |
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190 | (3) |
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Prime-ministerial Readers |
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193 | (4) |
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11 Mammon and the Book Trade |
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197 | (2) |
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199 | (2) |
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There's Life in the Old Corpse Yet |
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201 | (3) |
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Lies, Damn Lies, and Bestseller Lists |
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204 | (4) |
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What was the Most Popular Novel in the American Civil War? |
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208 | (3) |
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Books Go to War: Continued |
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211 | (2) |
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213 | (2) |
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215 | (2) |
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Jam, Gollys, and the S-word |
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217 | (3) |
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220 | (5) |
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225 | (2) |
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227 | (2) |
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229 | (1) |
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Celebrity Car Crash: Not a Literary Thing |
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230 | (7) |
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What Killed Anthony Trollope? |
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237 | (1) |
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238 | (2) |
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The Wallpaper Actually Did Go |
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240 | (1) |
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241 | (2) |
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243 | (2) |
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Cause of Death: George Orwell |
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245 | (1) |
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245 | (2) |
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Graham Greene: Wertherian |
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247 | (2) |
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Dying Well? or Dead Drunk? |
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249 | (1) |
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Hart Crane: Death by Water (and Whiskey) |
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250 | (2) |
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252 | (2) |
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254 | (3) |
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`Good Career Move, Truman' |
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257 | (6) |
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Curious Connections: a Terminal Quiz |
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263 | (1) |
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264 | (11) |
| Index |
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275 | (13) |
| The End of the Book |
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