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The London Review of Books provides all the benefits of faceted classification, a set of tags which reflect the essential components an article and allows articles to be associated appropriately with each other. Effective classification is moderate and lucid; reflects the preponderance of the article and presents an all-embracing and useful picture of what an article covers.

Subject and key topic classify the main discipline or subject matter of the article; what the article is reviewing; the field in which this topic would be studied; or the appropriate category.

'Feathered Wombs' by Zoe Heller

Reviewed Book: 'Paradise' by Toni Morrison
Subjects: Literature & Literary Criticism, Fiction, Novels

'Persuasive Philosophy' by Richard Rorty

Reviewed Book: 'Philosophical Explanations' by Robert Nozick
Subject: Philosophy

'Elections in Zimbabwe' by R W Johnson

Subject: politics and economics; political systems
Key topic: Elections

'Why anything? Why this?' by Derek Parfit

Subjects: Sci. Tech. & maths, Physics, Cosmology

'Dressing and undressing' by Anita Brookner

Reviewed Books: 'The language of clothes', 'Dior in Vogue', 'Chanel in her world' etc.
Key topic: Fashion

'Suck, Cheri' by E.S. Turner

Reviewed Book: 'Sugar-Plums and Sherbet: A Prehistory of Sweets' by Laura Mason
Key topic: Food

'Jews' Harp' by Gabriel Josipovici

Reviewed Book: 'Penguin book of Hebrew Verse' by T Carmi
Subject: Literature & Literary Criticism, Poetry
Key topic: Judaism

Person identifies significant individuals featured in articles, where they are not the author of the book being reviewed.

'Homer's Skill' by Hugh Lloyd-Jones

Reviewed Book: 'Homer, Iliad XXIV' by Colin Macleod
Person: Homer

'Charles and Alfred' by J I M Stewart

Reviewed Book: 'Studies in Tennyson' by Hallam Tennyson
Person: Tennyson, Alfred Lord

Place

Place is used where it carries particular significance for the article, or in fiction, the residing country of the author. Where a particular city or country is discussed in detail then it is reflected in the classification. Place is a hierarchical classification.

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