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HOW MANY MILES TO BABYLON (DISCUSSION THREAD)

Inimitable · 2012-04-24 22:42:12

Hey lads I wanted to set up this thread as I think 'How Many Miles To Babylon' deserves its own discussion thread.... If you're doing Ordinary level English 'most likely' you are doing "HMMTB" as the Single Text or Comparative.... It would be good if people could discuss the novel in any way they wish such as key moments,…

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#32 07-09-2013 06:44PM

spurious

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It's from an old nursery rhyme.

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#33 07-09-2013 10:24PM

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Yeh, I did find Alec's first encounter with Jerry quite odd. I'm currently at the scene where Alec's mum tells him to sign up for the war. Nice and easy comprehensible text so far.

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