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| 43% | 12 | Novelist who explored the theme of nihilism | ||
noun • Russian writer of stories and novels and plays (1818-1883) | ||||
| 40% | 7 | Fantasy writer, Inklings co-founder, literary scholar and philologist who coined or popularised numerous words including ent, eucatastrophe, dwarves, hobbit, mithril, orc, palantír, tween and warg | ||
noun • British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973) | ||||
Philologist Who Was An Inspiration For Pygmalions Professor And Identified Several English Dialects Including Cumbrian Pitmatic And That Of The Smoggies Or An Author Who Explored Yuppie Nihilism In American Psycho
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