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Cheshire Cat Mock Turtle Lewis Carroll James Joyce wearing a dark suit, light tie, round glasses, and a hat, looking to the side outdoors in Zurich, Switzerland. Henry Miller George Orwell Sue Lyon as Lolita hula-hoops in the yard while James Mason as Humbert Humbert sits nearby reading, in a scene from the film Lolita directed by Stanley Kubrick. Maya Angelou Toni Morrison Salman Rushdie, 2008
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Some books have been banned for reasons that may surprise you.
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Author Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dogson) at age 25.
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Irish writer James Joyce.
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Henry Miller.
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Sue Lyon and James Mason on a lobby card for Lolita (1962), directed by...
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Maya Angelou.
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Toni Morrison, 2004.
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Salman Rushdie, author of such works as Midnight's Children (1981), Shame...
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