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10/03/19

What was "Rip Van Winkle" based on?
I was recently surprised to discover that the story of Rip Van Winkle is credited to the US author Washington Irving, who published it in 1819. I'd always vaguely imagined it to be a Brothers Grimm... more
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10/03/19

The origin of Tolkien's use of the term "hobbit"?
In a footnote on page 29 of *The Lay of Aotrou & Itroun* Verlyn Flieger notes> the word *korigans* appears in the 1891 compendium of folklore known as *The Denham Tracts* (Vol. II, p. 79)... more
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09/04/19

How did Ibsen's writing in "A Doll's House" influence the James Joyce character Molly Bloom?
How did Ibsen's writing in "A Doll's House" influence the James Joyce character Molly Bloom? In particular, what other authoritative commentators, besides Richard Ellmann, provide illuminating... more
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08/18/19

How many works of Robert Silverberg's were based on Asimov's stories?
It's well known that Silverberg wrote novels based on some of Asimov's stories. For example, [The Child of Time](https://www.amazon.com/Child-Time-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0330325795) was based off of [The... more
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07/07/19

To what extent did Agatha Christie base Captain Hastings on Dr. Watson?
I've noticed that there are quite a few parallels between Agatha Christie's [Captain Arthur Hastings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Hastings) and Arthur Conan Doyle's [Dr. John... more
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