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What would Dickens make of steampunk?

James Wolcott on the strengths and weaknesses of comedians' memoirs.

Three new books about Dracula, that "sleazy old reprobate" who "just won't die."

Mark Peters on the history and "frightening range" of the word "bully."

A new study suggests that, long before you proofread, your fingers can sense when you've made a typo.

The best-selling Arabic-language novelist Alaa al-Aswany has objected to the translation of one of his novels into Hebrew.