by
James Wood
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Wounder and Wounded
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terms
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notes
unlettered
(en)
(adjective) lacking facility in reading and writing and ignorant of the knowledge to be gained from books / (adjective) illiterate / (adjective) not marked with letters
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Naipaul claimed that he had not even been published in America until the 1970s, 'and then the reviews were awful--unlettered, illiterate, ignorant'.
notable
7 years, 4 months ago
Naipaul claimed that he had not even been published in America until the 1970s, 'and then the reviews were awful--unlettered, illiterate, ignorant'.
notable
7 years, 4 months ago
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[...] He is now 'in a free state', but ends his tale like this: 'All that my freedom has brought me is the knowledge that I have a face and have a body, that I must feed this body and clothe this body for a certain number of years. Then it will be over.'
Santosh in Naipaul's In A Free State
[...] He is now 'in a free state', but ends his tale like this: 'All that my freedom has brought me is the knowledge that I have a face and have a body, that I must feed this body and clothe this body for a certain number of years. Then it will be over.'
Santosh in Naipaul's In A Free State
Oxonian
(en)
(noun) a student or graduate of Oxford University
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How could Vidia not have wanted to defend his father as soon as the Oxonian looked down his nose at him?
confirm
7 years, 4 months ago
How could Vidia not have wanted to defend his father as soon as the Oxonian looked down his nose at him?
confirm
7 years, 4 months ago
adjuring
(en)
(verb) to command solemnly under or as if under oath or penalty of a curse / (verb) to urge or advise earnestly
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amanuensis
(en)
(noun) one employed to write from dictation or to copy manuscript
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