'Her complexion really was as pure as -- Parian marble' (Thackeray, The Virginians) |
SPLENDENT |
A. S. Byatt's eponymous creatures in dissenting bodies |
INSECTS |
Admiral holds one Scandinavian writer |
NIELSON |
Big lie identifies friend of Felix Salten's forest dweller |
THUMPER |
Capital Irish folk portrayed by Joyce |
DUBLINERS |
Cry 'ham act!' possibly, as theatre critic |
MACCARTHY |
Desert resort for tourists, last resort for Elijah |
BEERSHEBA |
Eligible bachelor from novel to note |
ELTON |
Feminist writer reportedly member of US fraternity |
SCHREINER |
Fleet assembly point in Gaul is described by Racine |
AULIS |
Frenzied women reform - amend as bacchantes |
MAENADS |
He had the gall to cure his own blindness |
TOBIT |
His achievements are history |
TREVELYAN |
Land of Hope, and slightly tarnished Glory |
RURITANIA |
Lucian (the revised edition) is improper |
UNETHICAL |
Measures taken by Kosinski |
STEPS |