Percy Lubbock
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an English writer whose 1921 volume The Craft of Fiction was one of the first major works of literary criticism to focus on the novel as a form
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paucity
(en)
the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity
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Daedalus
(en)
(Greek mythology) a skillful craftsman and artist; father of Icarus; creator of the Labyrinth on Crete
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virtuosic
(en)
from Italian virtuoso; requiring a high level of technical skill
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picayune
(en)
petty; worthless
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samizdat
(en)
the clandestine copying and distribution of literature banned by the state, especially formerly in the communist countries of eastern Europe
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context: the plot of IJ
unknown
7 years, 9 months ago
context: the plot of IJ
unknown
7 years, 9 months ago
involuted
(en)
complicated; abstruse; curled inwards
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torpid
(en)
mentally or physically inactive; lethargic
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macramé
(en)
the art of knotting cord or string in patterns to make decorative articles
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sedulous
(en)
(adjective) involving or accomplished with careful perseverance / (adjective) diligent in application or pursuit
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