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 * Page || Word/Term/Phrase || Meaning/Explanation ||
 * 15 || Waltham || City in Massachusetts, USA. Name means "home in the woods", and the city is often referred to as the Watch City because of its association with the watch industry. ||
 * 15 || Norma || John Bernard's wife. Often at odds with Elizabeth due to their contrasting views. Name resembles the word "normal". ||
 * 15 || Elizabeth Costello || John Bernard's mother, a renowned Australian novelist who is invited to Appleton College to deliver a series of lectures. Story centers around her speech on animal rights and philosophies. ||
 * 15 || Appleton College || Fictional college where John Bernard teaches at. Resembles a typical college or university. ||
 * 16 || John || Full name John Bernard. Assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Appleton College and tries to stay out of the conflicts between his mother and wife. ||
 * 16 || Gates Lecture || Annual lecture given at Appleton College. ||
 * 16 || __The House on Eccles Street__ (1969) || Elizabeth Costello's most famous written work. Eccles Street is a street in Dublin, Ireland, and is best known as the home of Leopold and Molly Bloom in James Joyce's __Ulysses__. ||
 * 16 || Marion Bloom || Wife of H. L. Mencken, an American journalist and satirist. However, in this context the name most likely is a reference to Molly Bloom (wife of Leopold Bloom) from James Joyce's __Ulysses__ as Molly's given name is Marion in Joyce's novel. Costello's __The House on Eccles Street__ is written from Marion's point of view. ||
 * 16 || Leopold Bloom || Protagonist of James Joyce's __Ulysses__. Corresponds to Odysseus from the epic poem "The Odyssey" by Homer. ||
 * 16 || __The Golden Notebook__ || Novel by Doris Lenning, written in 1962. Contains anti-war and anti-Stalinist messages, as well as examinations of the women's liberation movement. Referred to as "pathbreaking feminist fiction". ||