When authors refer to other great works, people, and events, it’s usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literary and Philosophical References
- Virgil (1.3.142)
- Alexandre Dumas, The d'Artagnan Romances (1.4.95)
- "The Sermon on the Mount" (2.14.39)
- Lewis Carroll (2.9.44)
- Stendhal, The Charterhouse of Parma (2.16.93)
- Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary (2.16.93)
- Thomas Mann (2.16.93)
- Friedrich Schiller (2.16.93, 3.21.66)
- Djuna Barnes (2.16.93)
- Virginia Woolf (2.16.93)
- Isidore Ducasse, Maldoror (2.16.93)
- Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls (2.16.93)
- William Shakespeare (3.21.66, 4.32.6)
- Thomas Bulfinch, Bulfinch's Mythology (3.21.66)
- Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny (4.28.14)
- Dante, The Divine Comedy (4.32.6)
- Proverbs 16:18 (4.33.13)
- King Solomon (4.33.13)
- Bertrand Russell (4.33.105-07)
- Koran (4.33.108)
- The Prophet Mohammed (4.34.57-59)
Historical References
- Indira Gandhi (3.22.86-88, 3.22.157, 3.22.209)
- Alexander the Great (4.34.10)
- Frederick Roberts (4.34.17)
- Mohammed Ayub Khan (4.34.17)
Pop Culture References
- Sergio Leone (1.4.72)
- Once Upon a Time in the West (1.4.72)
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1.4.72)
- Clint Eastwood (1.4.112)
- High Plains Drifter (1.4.112)
- "You Really Got Me," The Kinks (1.7.26-27)
- "We Are Family," Sister Sledge (2.13.110)
- Amitabh Bachchan (2.12.190-91)
- To Have and Have Not, Lauren Bacall (2.13.172)
- Somebody Up There Likes Me, Pier Angeli (2.13.172)
- Blade Runner, Sean Young (2.13.172)
- Paanch Paapi (4.29.56-58)
- Chunkey Pandey (4.29.95)