What is the subtitle of Melville’s short story “Bartleby the Scrivener” (1853)?
The subtitle of Melville’s short story “Bartle by the Scrivener” is “A Story of Wall Street.”
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What poet wrote as his own epitaph, “Here lies one whose name was writ in water”?
John Keats wrote as his own epitaph, “Here lies one whose name was writ in water”, he died at the age of twenty-five, believing his art would not be remembered.
Where does Odysseus die in Nikos Kazantzakis’s The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel (1938)?
Odysseus dies in the South Pole in Nikos Kazantzakis’s The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel.
What happens to Little Red Riding Hood?
In Charles Perrault’s original version (1697), the wolf devours Little Red Riding Hood, the “prettiest girl that ever was seen.” In the Brothers Grimm version (1812), called “Little Red Cap,” a hunter cuts open the wolf with a pair of scissors and frees the girl and her grandmother.
Who were the enemies of the Lilliputians in Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels?
The people of Blefuscu, an island northeast of Lilliput, were the enemies of the Lilliputians. The people there were as tiny and mean-spirited as the Lilliputians. Swift meant Blefuscu to represent France, while Lilliput represented England.
What were Cinderella’s slippers made of?
Charles Perrault’s 1697 French version of the tale has Cinderella wearing glass (verre) slippers, but his sources gave her fur (vair) slippers. Perrault’s alteration may have been accidental.