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setting/egypt
16 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
The Wanderings of a Spiritualist
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/conan_doyle
form/travel_writing
form/essay
concept/spiritualism
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/immortality_of_the_soul
motif/sea
motif/ship
motif/journey
histref/british_empire
histref/first_world_war
histref/bolshevism_and_the_russian_revolution
setting/africa
setting/egypt
setting/orient
setting/south_africa
archetype/pilgrim
topos/open_road_homecoming
topos/journey_of_life
Jul 24, 2026
The Uses of Diversity
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
form/aphorism
concept/paradox
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/faith
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/joy
character/emma_woodhouse
character/henry_tilney
character/catherine_morland
character/harriet_smith
character/robert_martin
character/macbeth
character/lady_macbeth
character/theseus
character/hermia
character/helena
character/hippolyta
character/bottom
character/falstaff
character/cardinal_wolsey
character/herod_antipas
character/duncan
character/claudius
character/judge_parry
character/george_meredith
character/george_wyndham
character/bernard_shaw
character/tennyson
character/cyrano_de_bergerac
character/peter_pan
character/sherlock_holmes
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/democracy
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/ratiocination_detection
concept/distributism
concept/common_man
concept/conscience
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/class_conflict
concept/identity
concept/metamorphosis_transformation
concept/grotesque
concept/supernatural_2
topos/golden_age
motif/home
motif/fire
motif/food_and_feasting
motif/animals
motif/clothing_and_costume
setting/london
setting/paris
setting/rural_england
setting/medieval_england_2
setting/egypt
archetype/detective
archetype/fool
archetype/tyrant
form/literary_criticism
histref/first_world_war
histref/irish_question
histref/french_revolution
histref/puritanism
histref/bible
histref/christianity
histref/medieval_england
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
Jul 24, 2026
The Tragedy of the Korosko
graph/work
author/conan_doyle
form/adventure_fiction
form/novel
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/fear
concept/courage
concept/fanaticism
motif/desert
motif/journey
motif/swords_and_weapons
histref/islam_and_the_east
histref/british_empire
setting/egypt
setting/desert
setting/orient
character/miss_sadie_adams
character/colonel_cochrane_cochrane
character/james_stephens
character/cecil_brown
archetype/hero
archetype/villain
archetype/quest_hero
topos/combat_strife
topos/last_stand
Jul 24, 2026
The Sphinx
graph/work
concept/history
author/wilde
topos/immortality_through_verse
topos/memento_mori
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/ubi_sunt
archetype/femme_fatale
archetype/temptress
archetype/monster
motif/desire
motif/night
motif/moon
motif/the_cross
motif/ruins
motif/serpent_snake
motif/the_supernatural
motif/animals
concept/lust
concept/temptation
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/transience
concept/the_grotesque
form/narrative_poem
form/dramatic_monologue
histref/greek_mythology
histref/classical_antiquity
histref/the_bible
setting/egypt
setting/the_orient
character/christ
Jul 24, 2026
The Happy Prince
graph/work
concept/economics
author/wilde
concept/social_injustice
concept/poverty
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/love_divine
concept/mercy
concept/friendship
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/class_conflict
topos/love_as_religion
topos/contemptus_mundi
archetype/martyr
archetype/christ_figure
archetype/king
motif/money_gold
motif/birds
motif/swallow
motif/the_city
motif/death
motif/winter
motif/eyes_sight
motif/gold_and_grey
form/fairy_tale
form/allegory
histref/christianity
histref/victorian_england
setting/egypt
setting/industrial_city
character/christ
Jul 24, 2026
The Spice of Life
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/literary_criticism
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/joy
form/detective_fiction
concept/faith
concept/imagination
character/macbeth
character/lady_macbeth
character/king_lear
character/goneril
character/regan
character/falstaff
character/jane_eyre
character/mr_rochester
character/paul_emanuel
character/caliban
character/odysseus_ulysses
character/wilkins_micawber
character/dick_swiveller
character/seth_pecksniff
character/sam_weller
character/daniel_quilp
character/ralph_nickleby
character/little_nell
character/wackford_squeers
character/augustus_snodgrass
character/alice
character/scheherezade
character/sherlock_holmes
concept/ratiocination_detection
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/madness
concept/ambition
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/temptation
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/nostalgia
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/original_sin
concept/paganism_and_classical_revival
concept/distributism
concept/education
concept/grotesque
concept/critique_of_progress
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/world_upside_down
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/carpe_diem
topos/golden_age
topos/life_as_a_battle
topos/beatus_ille_happy_the_man_rural_retreat
motif/cave
motif/storm
motif/mirror
motif/ghosts
motif/light_and_dark
motif/crown
motif/dreams
motif/ship
motif/wine_and_drink
setting/london
setting/paris
setting/italy
setting/egypt
setting/cathedral
setting/medieval_england_2
setting/orient
setting/rural_england
setting/holy_land_jerusalem_and_bethlehem
archetype/detective
archetype/fool
archetype/usurper
archetype/king
archetype/trickster
archetype/madwoman
archetype/child
form/fable
form/fairy_tale_fantasy
form/melodrama
form/travel_writing
form/biography
form/satire
histref/renaissance
histref/french_revolution
histref/crusades
histref/spanish_inquisition
histref/reformation
histref/thirty_years_war
histref/arthurian_legend
histref/islam
histref/puritanism
histref/roman_history
histref/ancient_rome
histref/elizabethan_england
histref/bible
histref/dante
histref/greek_mythology
histref/medieval_england
histref/chaucer
histref/voltaire
histref/the_age_of_reason_eighteenth_century_rationalism
Jul 24, 2026
Sonnet to the Nile
graph/work
author/keats
concept/imagination
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
motif/river
motif/water
motif/nature
histref/classical_antiquity
setting/egypt
form/sonnet
Jul 24, 2026
Some Words with a Mummy
graph/work
concept/economics
author/poe
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/satire_of_society
concept/the_grotesque
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/anti_industrialism
motif/the_supernatural
motif/the_grave
motif/ruins
motif/clothing
topos/the_sleeper_awakes
topos/world_upside_down
archetype/monster
form/satire
form/short_story
histref/the_industrial_revolution
setting/egypt
Jul 24, 2026
George Bernard Shaw
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/biography
form/literary_criticism
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/paradox
histref/puritanism
histref/irish_question
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/doubt
form/verse_drama
character/julius_caesar
character/cleopatra
character/hamlet
character/george_bernard_shaw
character/william_shakespeare
character/henrik_ibsen
character/friedrich_nietzsche
character/oscar_wilde
character/jonathan_swift
character/napoleon_bonaparte
character/charles_stewart_parnell
character/candida
character/mrs_warren
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/democracy
concept/poverty
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/resurrection
concept/fanaticism
concept/vanity
concept/creative_evolution_and_the_superman
topos/all_the_world_s_a_stage
topos/world_upside_down
topos/vanitas
topos/poet_as_prophet
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/music_and_song
motif/animals
motif/home
setting/london
setting/ancient_rome
setting/egypt
setting/germany
setting/ireland
archetype/orphan
archetype/prophet
archetype/rebel
form/epigram
form/satire
form/problem_play
histref/first_world_war
Jul 24, 2026
Shadow-A Parable
graph/work
author/poe
motif/death
motif/the_supernatural
motif/ghosts
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/the_mirror
motif/stars
concept/mortality
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/grief_and_loss
topos/memento_mori
topos/dance_of_death
archetype/ghost
form/parable
form/allegory
histref/classical_antiquity
setting/egypt
Jul 24, 2026
(Originally appeared in 'The Daily News', Oct. 16, 1909,
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/imagination
concept/the_grotesque
concept/faith
motif/the_supernatural
motif/dreams
motif/night
motif/the_cross
form/essay
concept/madness
concept/paganism_and_classical_revival
topos/night_journey_vision
topos/world_upside_down
motif/horse
motif/eyes_and_sight
motif/wind
motif/moon
motif/gold_and_grey
setting/egypt
setting/garden_2
setting/desert
archetype/child
histref/dante
histref/bible
histref/christianity
histref/greek_mythology
histref/robert_louis_stevenson
Jul 24, 2026
The New Jerusalem
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/travel_writing
form/essay
histref/christianity
histref/the_bible
histref/the_crusades
histref/eastern_religion
concept/faith
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/exile
concept/paradox
topos/the_quest
archetype/pilgrim
motif/the_cross
setting/the_orient
character/christ
character/satan
character/saladin
character/godfrey_de_bouillon
character/richard_the_lionheart
character/st_george
character/judas_iscariot
character/dr_weizmann
concept/slavery
concept/democracy
concept/fanaticism
concept/class_conflict
concept/supernatural_2
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/distributism
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/zionism
topos/world_upside_down
topos/combat_strife
topos/last_stand
topos/open_road_homecoming
motif/snow
motif/lion
motif/crown
motif/journey
motif/dragon
setting/desert
setting/egypt
setting/ancient_rome_2
setting/paris
setting/london
archetype/prophet
archetype/tyrant
archetype/martyr_saint
form/apologetics
histref/islam
histref/orient_arabia
histref/first_world_war
histref/french_revolution
histref/ancient_rome
Jul 24, 2026
Lord Kitchener
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/biography
concept/heroism
concept/honour
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
histref/the_first_world_war
archetype/hero
concept/the_common_man
motif/the_sea
motif/crown
character/kitchener
character/charles_gordon
character/marchand
character/botha
character/the_mahdi
concept/fanaticism
concept/friendship
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/conversion
concept/masculinity_and_the_male_code
concept/self_sacrifice
concept/reconciliation
concept/greatness
concept/silence_2
concept/martyrdom
topos/last_stand
topos/combat_strife
topos/open_road_homecoming
topos/night_journey_vision
motif/machine
motif/silence
motif/drums_and_bugles
motif/river
motif/ship_2
motif/light_and_dark
motif/blood
setting/egypt
setting/desert
setting/russia
setting/battlefield
setting/sea_2
setting/ship
setting/south_africa
archetype/tragic_hero
archetype/avenger
archetype/prophet
archetype/martyr_saint
form/sketch
form/elegy
histref/islam_and_the_east
histref/crusades
histref/irish_question
Jul 24, 2026
La Sainte Courtisane
graph/work
concept/history
author/wilde
concept/conversion
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/temptation
concept/lust
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/martyrdom
topos/contemptus_mundi
topos/love_as_religion
topos/world_upside_down
archetype/femme_fatale
archetype/fallen_woman
archetype/temptress
archetype/pilgrim
motif/the_cross
motif/desire
motif/death
motif/clothing
motif/money_gold
motif/eyes_sight
form/verse_drama
form/fragment
histref/christianity
histref/the_bible
histref/classical_antiquity
setting/egypt
character/christ
character/myrrhina
character/honorius
Jul 24, 2026
Four Faultless Felons
graph/work
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/detective_fiction
form/short_story
concept/paradox
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/rationcination_detection
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/guilt
archetype/detective
concept/justice
character/count_raoul_de_marillac
character/john_hume
character/barbara_traill
character/walter_windrush
character/jacob_nadoway
character/alan_nadoway
character/colonel_grimm
character/isidor_simon
concept/deception
concept/self_sacrifice
concept/distributism
concept/class_conflict
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/eastern_religion_and_asceticism
concept/self_denial_and_renunciation
concept/money_and_avarice
topos/double
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/secrets
motif/garden
motif/imprisonment_2
setting/egypt
setting/london
setting/desert
archetype/scapegoat
archetype/trickster
archetype/antihero
form/satire
histref/king_alfred
histref/dante
histref/bible
Jul 24, 2026
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
graph/work
author/shakespeare
concept/love_romantic
concept/lust
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/ambition
concept/honour
concept/mortality
topos/love_as_war
topos/fortunes_wheel
archetype/lover
archetype/femme_fatale
archetype/temptress
archetype/tragic_hero
motif/death
motif/desire
motif/serpent_snake
motif/the_sea
form/tragedy
form/blank_verse
histref/ancient_rome
histref/roman_history
setting/ancient_rome
setting/egypt
character/mark_antony
character/cleopatra
character/octavius_caesar
character/enobarbus
character/lepidus
character/octavia
character/charmian