In what year is C. J. Koch’s The Year of Living Dangerously (1978) set?
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What book by Dr. Seuss has sold the most copies?
The Dr. Seuss book that has sold the most copies is Green Eggs and Ham, published in 1960, it has sold over 6 million copies. Another 1960 book, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, has sold nearly as many.
What is the epigraph for Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo?
The epigraph for Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo is “So foul a sky clears not without a storm” (Shakespeare).
Who represents Agamemnon in Eugene O’Neill’s Mourning Becomes Electra (1931)?
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What are the books in John Dos Passos’s U.S.A. trilogy?
The books in John Dos Passos’s U.S.A. trilogy are: The 42nd Parallel (1930) 1919 (1932) The Big Money (1936) The three were first published together in 1937.
What war were women protesting in Aristophanes’ comedy, Lysistrata (c. 415 B.C.)?
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