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Featured Article: Picaresque novel
The picaresque novel (Spanish: picaresca, from pícaro, for "rogue" or "rascal") is a genre of prose fiction. It depicts the adventures of a roguish but "appealing hero," usually of low social class, who lives by his wits in a corrupt society. Picaresque novels typically adopt a realistic style. There are often some elements of comedy and satire.
Popular Article: Hemlock
Hemlock is common name, particularly as used in the United States and Canada, for any of the coniferous trees comprising the genus Tsuga of the pine family, Pinaceae, characterized by small cones, and short, flat, needle-like leaves with two white lines underneath. In addition, the name hemlock also is used as the common name for plants of the Conium genus of the parsley family, Apiaceae, and in particular Conium maculatum (poison hemlock). Conium maculatu is a common European herb that contains the alkaloid coniine and was probably the state poison of Ancient Greece, and the purported poison used in the execution of Socrates.
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Nigeria has experienced very high population growth and is now the most populous country in Africa (source: Nigeria)
