For what magazine did Julian Barnes write a gossip column?
In the 1970s, the author of Flaubert’s Parrot (1984) Julian Barnes wrote the “Edward Pygge” gossip column for the British periodical, The New Review.
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Where was Xanadu?
The Mongol emperor Kublai Khan (1215-1294) had a residence in K’ai-p’ing in southeastern Mongolia. Also known as Shang-Tu, this became Xanadu, the site of the emperor’s pleasure garden in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s unfinished poem “Kubla Khan” (1797).
What is the book written without using the letter e?
A 1939 novel called Gadsby by Ernest Vincent Wright (1872-1939) was written without using the letter e. The novel runs 267 pages and has about 50,000 words.
When was the Koran written?
The Koran existed first in oral form as a series of revelations recited by the prophet Muhammad (570-632), founder of Islam. His followers wrote down or committed to memory the individual surahs, or chapters, but these were not collected in authoritative form until about 650.
Who created Nancy Drew?
Edward Stratemeyer created Nancy Drew, under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. The prolific author died in 1930.
Who is the unhappy Werther’s beloved in Goethe’s novel The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774)?
The unhappy Werther’s beloved in Goethe’s novel The Sorrows of Young Werther is Lotte.
How many times was Ernest Hemingway married?
Ernest Hemingway was married four times.