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April: The Prodigal

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Miéville, C. (2017). April: The Prodigal. In Miéville, C. October: The Story of the Russian Revolution. Verso, pp. 107-126

using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy

116

the careful prolixity of autodidacts

—p.116 by China Miéville
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the careful prolixity of autodidacts

—p.116 by China Miéville
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(adj) another term for millenarian (the religious doctrine of a thousand-year period of peace and prosperity)

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This was an ad hoc realisation of the traditional chiliastic yearning for equal shares of the land for all who worked it – ‘black repartition’, as this redistribution was known – and the freedoms that should ensue.

—p.116 by China Miéville
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This was an ad hoc realisation of the traditional chiliastic yearning for equal shares of the land for all who worked it – ‘black repartition’, as this redistribution was known – and the freedoms that should ensue.

—p.116 by China Miéville
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7 years, 2 months ago

(verb) to invoke evil on; curse / (verb) to utter curses

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There were poems and prayers and imprecations.

—p.116 by China Miéville
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There were poems and prayers and imprecations.

—p.116 by China Miéville
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7 years, 2 months ago