James Carker is a villain in which Charles Dickens novel?

Dickens's attitude towards the Age of Steam Dickens's attitude towards the Age of Steam Philip V. Allingham , Contributing Editor, Canada; Associate Professor, Lakehead University [ Victorian Web Home —> Railways —> Authors —> Charles Dickens —> Works ] Past and Present, Technologies of Transportation, Old and New: Left: Old Style — The Mail Coach — from a Picture by Henderson Right: New Style — The Mail Train. Illustrations The Illustrated London News (1849). [Click on thumbnails for larger images.] In the body of his fiction, Charles Dickens seems to have had a peculiar attitude towards the Age of Steam in particular and contemporary issues in general: although "steam excursions" by boat occur as early as Sketches by Boz (for example, the City of London steamer is specifically mentioned in "The Tuggses at Ramsgate," published 31 March 1836), not until 1846 does the steam locomotive enter the novels conspicuously, when the villain in Dombey and Son , James Carker, is run over by a train and sensationally mangled in Chapter 55. As late as in works published in 1861, characters such as Pip still make their way to and from London by stage-coach rather than train, although regular rail service to the metropolis was widely available by the 1840s. All too often in Dickens we are in the pre-steam era, when, for example, in the year of the Great Reform Bill (passed in June, 1832) young shorthand reporter Charles Dickens rattled about the country by stage-coach to cover speeches by such political figures as Lord John Russell . Although there was considerable railway construction in the year preceding Victoria's ascension to the throne, one has little sense of the Railway Age in the principal work of fiction published at that time, The Pickwick Papers . My first fall in life by Phiz. [Click on thumbnil for larger image.] Nevertheless, the later stories, articles, and books have a markedly contemporary setting; for example, the Mugby Junction framed tales for All the Year Round at Christmas, 1866, particularly "The Haunted Signalman," are thoroughly contemporary, particularly in how they address popular anxieties about the safety of rail travel. In fact, only after the publication of this story was every train travelling more than 20 miles in a single trip obliged to have some means of communication between the guard and driver. Drawn some sixteen years earlier, Phiz's illustration of David Copperfield uneasily perched atop a coach in "My First Fall in Life" (November 1849) reveals both the illustrator's and the writer's nostalgia for the stage-coach age, which finally closed with little fanfare early in the twentieth century. It is safe to say that Dickens was selective about his chronological settings, opting for a contemporary, "Industrial Age" setting, as in Hard Times (1854), when the exigencies of the narrative required it, but often retrospectively setting the narrative two decades earlier, particularly in such bildungsromans as David Copperfield and Great Expectations . One of the contemporary topics that occasionally surfaces in Dickens's novels is Australian emigration, as when Augustus Moddle decamps to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in Martin Chuzzlewit, Ch. 54, and when the Micawbers and Peggottys emigrate to New South Wales in David Copperfield, regardless of the theoretical time of the action, which, for example, in the latter novel is probably no later than 1840 (and possibly earlier, if we accept 1812, the year of Dickens's birth, as being that for his protagonist), even though the coverage of the topic in The Illustrated London News in 1849 clearly establishes the matter as extremely topical. Related Material


What famous 1818 novel had the sub-title 'The Modern Prometheus'? View the step-by-step solution to: What famous 1818 novel had the sub-title 'The Modern Prometheus'? This question was answered on Mar 30, 2016. View the Answer What famous 1818 novel had the sub-title 'The Modern Prometheus'? Student posted a question · Mar 30, 2016 at 3:22pm Top Answer View Full Answer or ask a new question Related Questions Tutor Needed! Who has read the Novel Book entitled: The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement (any edition), by Eliyahu Goldratt, Published by North River Recently Asked Questions 2 Literature experts found online! Average reply time is                       2 mins Get Homework Help Why Join Course Hero? Course Hero has all the homework and study help you need to succeed! We’ve got course-specific notes, study guides, and practice tests along with expert tutors and customizable flashcards—available anywhere, anytime. - - Study Documents Find the best study resources around, tagged to your specific courses. Share your own to gain free Course Hero access or to earn money with our Marketplace. 890,990,898 Question & Answers Get one-on-one homework help from our expert tutors—available online 24/7. Ask your own questions or browse existing Q&A threads. Satisfaction guaranteed! 890,990,898 Flashcards Browse existing sets or create your own using our digital flashcard system. A simple yet effective studying tool to help you earn the grade that you want!


By what name is the writer François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778) better known?

Who is "Voltaire?" - Le Voltaire Who is "Voltaire?" Who is Francois-Marie Arouet- Voltaire? Voltaire (1694 – 1778) François-Marie  Arouet, better known by the pen name, Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer, deist and philosopher. Voltaire perceived the French bourgeoisie to be too small and ineffective, the aristocracy to be parasitic and corrupt, the commoners to be ignorant and superstitious, and the church to be a static force only useful as a counterbalance, since its "religious tax", or the tithe helped to cement a powerbase against the monarchy. Voltaire distrusted  democracy which he saw as propagating the idiocy of the masses. To Voltaire only  an enlightened monarch advised by philosophers like himself could bring about change, as it was in the king's rational interest to improve the power and  wealth of France in the world. Voltaire is quoted as saying that he "would  rather obey one lion than 200 rats of (his own) species".  Voltaire essentially believed monarchy to be the key to progress and change. He is best known in  this day and age for his novel, Candide ou l'Optimisme (1759) which satirizes the philosophy of Gottfried Leibniz. Voltaire is also known for many memorable aphorisms like, "Si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer," ("If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him").  Today, Voltaire is remembered and honored in France as a courageous polemicist who indefatigably fought for civil rights, the right to a fair trial and freedom of religion, and who denounced the hypocrisies and injustices of the ancient régime. But some of his critics, like Thomas Carlyle argue that while he was unsurpassed in literary form, not even the most elaborate of his works was of much value for matter, and that he has never uttered any significant idea of his own. All Rights Reserved 'Le Voltaire' ✕


Which pioneering American poet and story-teller wrote The Fall of the House of Usher?

Clarion Spring 2014 by Barton Court Grammar School (page 51) - issuu issuu Issuu on Google+ 51 16 Which pioneering American poet and story-teller wrote The Fall of the House of Usher and The Tell Tale Heart? 17 What were the respective family names of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet? 18 Which Russian writer wrote the 1866 book Crime and Punishment? 19 "Reader, I married him," appears in the conclusion of what Charlotte Bronte novel? 20 The ancient Greek concept of the 'three unities' advocated that a literary work should use a single plotline, single location, and what other single aspect? 21 Who wrote Brighton Rock (1938) and Our Man in Havana (1958)? 22 "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice which I've been turning over in my mind ever since," is the start of which novel? 23 In the early 1900s a thriller was instead more commonly referred to as what sort of book? 24 Which novel begins "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife..."? 25 Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima committed what extreme act in 1970 while campaigning for Japan to restore its nationalistic principles? 26 Jonathan Harker's Journal and Dr Seward's Diary feature in what famous 1897 novel? 27 What is the technical name for a fourteen-lined poem in rhymed iambic pentameters? 28 "Make then laugh; make them cry; make them wait..." was a personal maxim of which novelist? 29 What term for a short, usually witty, poem or saying derives from the Greek words 'write' and 'on'? 30 What was the original title of the book on which the film Schindler's List was based? Mark out of 30 ? Answers窶馬o peeking before you have finished! 1 Novella, 2 Lord Alfred Tennyson , 3 Lady Chatterley's Lover, 4 Anne Brontﾃｫ, 5 Beowulf, 6 Existentialism, 7 Farce or farcical , 8 Magazine, 9 Isaac Newton , 10 Renaissance, 11 Copyright, 12 Metre, 13 Seventeen, 14 A Clockwork Orange, 15 Frankenstein, 16 Edgar Allen Poe , 17 Montague and Capulet, 18 Fyodor Dostoevsky , 19 Jane Eyre , 20 Time , 21 Graham Greene, 22 The Great Gatsby , 23 Shocker , 24 Pride and Prejudice , 25 Suicide, 26 Dracula , 27 Sonnet, 28 Charles Dickens, 29 Epigram , 30 Schindler's Ark Barton Court Grammar School Follow publisher Unfollow publisher Be the first to know about new publications.


According to Matthew 27 in the Bible what prisoner was released by Pontius Pilate instead of Jesus?

Matthew 27 NKJV - Jesus Handed Over to Pontius Pilate - Bible Gateway Matthew 27New King James Version (NKJV) Jesus Handed Over to Pontius Pilate 27 When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death. 2 And when they had bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pontius[ a ] Pilate the governor. Judas Hangs Himself 3 Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was remorseful and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” And they said, “What is that to us? You see to it!” 5 Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went and hanged himself. 6 But the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because they are the price of blood.” 7 And they consulted together and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in. 8 Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day. 9 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the value of Him who was priced, whom they of the children of Israel priced, 10 and gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.”[ b ] Jesus Faces Pilate 11 Now Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor asked Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?” Jesus said to him, “It is as you say.” 12 And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing. 13 Then Pilate said to Him, “Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?” 14 But He answered him not one word, so that the governor marveled greatly. Taking the Place of Barabbas 15 Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to releasing to the multitude one prisoner whom they wished. 16 And at that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.[ c ] 17 Therefore, when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?” 18 For he knew that they had handed Him over because of envy. 19 While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that just Man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of Him.” 20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. 21 The governor answered and said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” They said, “Barabbas!” 22 Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all said to him, “Let Him be crucified!” 23 Then the governor said, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they cried out all the more, saying, “Let Him be crucified!” 24 When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this just Person.[ d ] You see to it.” 25 And all the people answered and said, “His blood be on us and on our children.” 26 Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified. The Soldiers Mock Jesus 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole garrison around Him. 28 And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. 29 When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 30 Then they spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head. 31 And when they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified. The King on a Cross 32 Now as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. Him they compelled to bear His cross. 33 And when they had come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, Place of a Skull, 34 they gave Him sour[ e ] wine mingled with gall to drink. But when He had taste


What was the 1920s arts group centred around Leonard and Virginia Woolf and the district of London which provided the group's name?

mandrillandmongoose | Also known as Virginia and Leonard Woolf Also known as Virginia and Leonard Woolf Welcome Bloomsbury , literature , Virginia Woolf bookworm23b Virginia Woolf – one of the greatest writers of all time I am a literature graduate, a book lover and a wanabee novelist. I am fascinated by Virginia Woolf, both as an author and as an individual and though I know a fair bit about her life and works already, I want to learn more. So, I am going to teach myself ‘all things Virginia’ by keeping my blog. You are very welcome to learn with me or to teach me or to share information. I intend to read all of Virginia’s novels (may take a while) and non-fiction as well as her biographies, essays and diaries. I also intend to learn more about the other members of the Bloomsbury Group and the times in which they lived. I would love to visit a few places such as Monk’s House, Charleston and Sissinghurst and maybe see Talland House in St Ives and walk the Cornwall coastal routes that Virginia walked with her father. From our home in Yorkshire and with busy working lives, it is quite a trek to the South of the country but I  will keep you updated on my progress and will take plenty of photographs. So, I will be considering the texts, the people, the places and the times. Hopefully I will get side tracked with all sorts of interesting things; academic stuff, recipes and a whole host of snippets to get a real feel for Virginia’s world…. Where to start? Virginia Vignettes A to Z bookworm23b Well it has been a little over three months since I started Virginia’s A to Z. My intention was to increase my knowledge of all things Virginia by researching subjects starting with every letter of the alphabet. Here’s what I have learned. I have learned about some of the people in Virginia’s life – I have learned about Virginia’s brothers, her half brothers, Ethel Smith, the Freshwater Circle, Katherine Mansfield, the Pattle Sisters, Leslie Stephen, Quentin Bell, Ralph Partridge, Vita Sackville West, and Dr Octavia Wilberforce. and the ventures she was involved with – The Hogarth Press and the Omega Workshops. and the writing of course – Judith Shakespeare, An Unwritten Novel,  Stream of Consciousness, and just how many novels, short stories, biographies, non fiction, autobiographies and plays she wrote. not forgetting the lifestyle – Cambridge, dogs, travelling, the Memoir Club, the X Society. and the bad things like Virginia’s illnesses and abuse. and true to form, I got a bit side-tracked with The Yellow Wallpaper. Share this:   The Zanzibar Hoax My thanks again to Brenda for telling me about this prank. Without her, my Virginia A to Z would have been a letter short and would have ended with ‘Y’. The Zanzibar Hoax took place in 1905 and was the idea of an eccentric prankster named Horace de Vere Cole who was great friends with Virginia’s brother Adrian. Adrian joined Horace in his prank of pretending to be the Sultan Of Zanzibar visiting Cambridge University. Adrian was perhaps part of his delegation while Horace was the man himself. The real Sultan was on an official Royal Visit to London so it wasn’t too much of a leap of imagination to think he may attend an ‘unofficial’ ceremonial visit to Cambridge as well. He certainly fooled the Mayor of Cambridge but he didn’t make it to Buckingham Palace like the real Sultan did. This period of time, the early 1900s was quite a time for practical jokes and Horace’s aim was to poke fun at the establishment and at pompous authority figures. He loved the theatre and loved dressing up; Vanessa thought he was creepy; me too. Share this: Getting Sidetracked Charlotte Perkins Gilman , mental health , The End of the Rainbow bookworm23b I am posting something a bit different today.  Yesterday’s post about The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman has received some interest from one of my sisters. My sister, like me, is a book lover and a Literature graduate. She is also a Women’s Studies graduate with a  keen interest in women’s lives and writing.  After reading my post about The Yellow Wallpap


Dale Carnegie 14 Who wrote the famous 1855 poem The - ENGLISH - 1302 Dale carnegie 14 who wrote the famous 1855 poem the SCHOOL View Full Document Dale Carnegie 14. Who wrote the famous 1855 poem The Charge of the Light Brigade? Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-92) 15. Who in 1450 invented movable type, thus revolutionizing printing? Johannes Gutenberg 16. Who was the youngest of the three Brontë writing sisters? Anne Brontë (1820-49 - other sisters were Emily, 1818-48, and Charlotte, 1816-55, plus a brother, Branwell, 1817-48. The two oldest sisters, Maria and Elizabeth died in childhood.) 17. What is the Old English heroic poem, surviving in a single copy dated around the year 1000, featuring its eponymous 6th century warrior from Geatland in Sweden? Beowulf 18. What Japanese term (meaning 'fold' and 'book') refers to a book construction made using concertina fold, with writing/printing on one side of the paper? Orihon 19. What term and type of comedy is derived from the French word for stuffing? Farce or farcical (from the French farcir, to stuff, based on analogy between stuffing in cookery and the insertion of frivolous material into medieval plays.) 20. What term originally meaning 'storehouse' referred, and still refers, to a periodical of various content and imaginative writing? Magazine 21. Who wrote the significant scientific book Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, published in 1687? Isaac Newton (1642-1727) 22. What relatively modern school of philosophy, popular in literature since the mid-1900s, broadly embodies the notion of individual freedom of choice within a disorder and inexplicable universe? Existentialism This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. 23. Which short-lived dramatist is regarded as the first great exponent of blank verse? This is the end of the preview. Sign up to                   access the rest of the document. TERM


What were the respective family names of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

What were the individual family names of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet? View the step-by-step solution to: What were the individual family names of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet? This question was answered on Oct 31, 2015. View the Answer What were the individual family names of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet? gooolinn                                                   posted a question · Oct 31, 2015 at 3:46am Top Answer Here is the solution... View the full answer {[ getNetScore(26755493) ]} sarahmrkhan answered the question · Oct 31, 2015 at 3:50am Other Answers Capulet and Montague where... View the full answer {[ getNetScore(26755606) ]} What were the respective family... View the full answer {[ getNetScore(26756386) ]} View Full Answer or ask a new question Related Questions 113 English experts found online! Average reply time is                       5 mins Get Homework Help Why Join Course Hero? Course Hero has all the homework and study help you need to succeed! We’ve got course-specific notes, study guides, and practice tests along with expert tutors and customizable flashcards—available anywhere, anytime. - - Study Documents Find the best study resources around, tagged to your specific courses. Share your own to gain free Course Hero access or to earn money with our Marketplace. - Question & Answers Get one-on-one homework help from our expert tutors—available online 24/7. Ask your own questions or browse existing Q&A threads. Satisfaction guaranteed! - Flashcards Browse existing sets or create your own using our digital flashcard system. A simple yet effective studying tool to help you earn the grade that you want!


Who wrote The Power of Positive Thinking in 1953?

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1600 in European development is known by what term, initially used by Italian scholars to express the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture?... Sign up View the step-by-step solution to: 1600 in European development is known by what term, initially used by Italian scholars to express the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture?... Part 2 The period between 1450 and 1600 in European development is known by what term, initially used by Italian scholars to express the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture? The Renaissance (literally meaning rebirth) What is the main dog character called in Norton Juster's 1961 popular children's/adult-crossover book The Phantom Tollbooth? Tock Who detailed his experiences before and during World War I in Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man, and Memoirs of an Infantry Officer? Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) What significant law relating to literary and artistic works was first introduced in 1709? Copyright (prior to which creators had no legal means of protecting their work from being published or exploited by others) Who wrote the 1891 book Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)? Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) What word, meaning 'measure' in Greek, refers to the rhythm of a line of verse? Metre (or meter) Cheap literature of the 16-18th centuries was known as 'what' books, based on the old word for the travelling traders who sold them? Chapbooks (a chapman was a travelling salesman, from the earlier term cheapman) What was Samuel Langhorne Clemens' pen-name? Mark Twain (1835-1910) Derived from Greek meaning summit or finishing touch, what word refers to the publisher's logo and historically the publisher's details at the end of the book? Colophon Japanese three-line verses called Haiku contain how many syllables? Seventeen Stanley Kubrick successfully requested the UK ban of his own film based on what Anthony Burgess book? A Clockwork Orange The ISBN (International Standard Book Number) code was increased to how many digits from 1 January 2007? Thirteen The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis asserts that people's perceptions and attitudes are affected particularly by what: book covers, book price, or words and language? Words and language (the theory applies to all media and language, in that the type of words and language read and used affects how people react to the world) What is the female term equating to a phallic symbol? Yonic symbol James Carker is a villain in which Charles Dickens novel? Dombey and Son (serialised 1846-8) What famous 1818 novel had the sub-title 'The Modern Prometheus'? Frankenstein (by Mary Shelley) Who wrote the 1947 book The Fountainhead? Ayn Rand By what name is the writer François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778) better known? Voltaire Which pioneering American poet and story-teller wrote The Fall of the House of Usher? Edgar Allen Poe (1809-49) According to Matthew 27 in the Bible what prisoner was released by Pontius Pilate instead of Jesus? Barabbas What was the 1920s arts group centred around Leonard and Virginia Woolf and the district of London which provided the group's name? The Bloomsbury Group What Japanese term (meaning 'fold' and 'book') refers to a book construction made using concertina fold, with writing/printing on one side of the paper? Orihon What were the respective family names of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet? Montague and Capulet Who wrote The Power of Positive Thinking in 1953? Norman Vincent Peale Around 100AD what type of book construction began to replace scrolls? Codex (a series of folios sewn together) What name for a lyrical work, typically 50-200 lines long, which from the Greek word for song? Ode Who wrote the 1866 book Crime and Punishment? Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-81) Who wrote the 1513 guide to leadership (titled in English) The Prince? Niccolo Machiavelli William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey are commonly referred to as the 'what' Poets? Lake Poets (from around 1800 they lived close to each other in the Lake District of England) In bookmaking, a sheet folded three times is called by what name?


What name for a lyrical work, typically 50-200 lines long, which from the Greek word for song?

Glossary of Poetry Terms for Writing & Reading Poems The shorter final stanza of a poem, as in a ballade. epic A long, serious poem that tells the story of a heroic figure. Two of the most famous epic poems are the Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer, which tell about the Trojan War and the adventures of Odysseus on his voyage home after the war. epigram A very short, witty poem: “Sir, I admit your general rule,/That every poet is a fool,/But you yourself may serve to show it,/That every fool is not a poet.” (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) epithalamium (or epithalamion) A poem in honor of a bride and bridegroom. feminine rhyme A rhyme that occurs in a final unstressed syllable: pleasure/leisure, longing/yearning. figure of speech A verbal expression in which words or sounds are arranged in a particular way to achieve a particular effect. Figures of speech are organized into different categories, such as alliteration, assonance, metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, simile, and synecdoche. foot Two or more syllables that together make up the smallest unit of rhythm in a poem. For example, an iamb is a foot that has two syllables, one unstressed followed by one stressed. An anapest has three syllables, two unstressed followed by one stressed. free verse (also vers libre) Poetry composed of either rhymed or unrhymed lines that have no set meter. haiku A Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. Haiku often reflect on some aspect of nature. heptameter A line of poetry that has seven metrical feet. heroic couplet A stanza composed of two rhymed lines in iambic pentameter. hexameter A line of poetry that has six metrical feet. hyperbole A figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis. Many everyday expressions are examples of hyperbole: tons of money, waiting for ages, a flood of tears, etc. Hyperbole is the opposite of litotes. iamb A metrical foot of two syllables, one short (or unstressed) and one long (or stressed). There are four iambs in the line “Come live/ with me/ and be/ my love,” from a poem by Christopher Marlowe. (The stressed syllables are in bold.) The iamb is the reverse of the trochee. iambic pentameter A type of meter in poetry, in which there are five iambs to a line. (The prefix penta- means “five,” as in pentagon, a geometrical figure with five sides. Meter refers to rhythmic units. In a line of iambic pentameter, there are five rhythmic units that are iambs.) Shakespeare's plays were written mostly in iambic pentameter, which is the most common type of meter in English poetry. An example of an iambic pentameter line from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is “But soft!/ What light/ through yon/der win/dow breaks?” Another, from Richard III, is “A horse!/ A horse!/ My king/dom for/ a horse!” (The stressed syllables are in bold.) idyll, or idyl Either a short poem depicting a peaceful, idealized country scene, or a long poem that tells a story about heroic deeds or extraordinary events set in the distant past. Idylls of the King, by Alfred Lord Tennyson, is about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. lay A long narrative poem, especially one that was sung by medieval minstrels called trouvères. The Lais of Marie de France are lays. limerick A light, humorous poem of five usually anapestic lines with the rhyme scheme of aabba. litotes A figure of speech in which a positive is stated by negating its opposite. Some examples of litotes: no small victory, not a bad idea, not unhappy. Litotes is the opposite of hyperbole. lyric A poem, such as a sonnet or an ode, that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet. A lyric poem may resemble a song in form or style. masculine rhyme A rhyme that occurs in a final stressed syllable: cat/hat, desire/fire, observe/deserve. metaphor A figure of speech in which two things are compared, usually by saying one thing is another, or by substituting a more descriptive word for the more common or usual word that would be expected. Some examples of metaphors: the world's a stage, he was a lion in battle, drowning in debt


Who wrote the 1866 book Crime and Punishment?

Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky - Google Books Crime and Punishment 0 Reviews https://books.google.com/books/about/Crime_and_Punishment.html?id=rahECQAAQBAJ �“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.” --- Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment � Crime and Punishment� is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments during 1866. It was later published in a single volume. This is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his return from ten years of exile in Siberia. Crime and Punishment is the first great novel of his "mature" period of writing. Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in St. Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her cash. Raskolnikov argues that with the pawnbroker's money he can perform good deeds to counterbalance the crime, while ridding the world of a worthless vermin. He also commits this murder to test his own hypothesis that some people are naturally capable of such things, and even have the right to do them. Several times throughout the novel, Raskolnikov justifies his actions by connecting himself mentally with Napoleon Bonaparte, believing that murder is permissible in pursuit of a higher purpose. [Reception] The first part of Crime and Punishment published in the January and February issues of The Russian Messenger met with public success. Although the remaining parts of the novel had still to be written, an anonymous reviewer wrote that "the novel promises to be one of the most important works of the author of The House of the Dead". In his memoirs, the conservative belletrist Nikolay Strakhov recalled that in Russia Crime and Punishment was the literary sensation of 1866. The novel soon attracted the criticism of the liberal and radical critics. G.Z. Yeliseyev sprang to the defense of the Russian student corporations, and wondered, "Has there ever been a case of a student committing murder for the sake of robbery?" Pisarev, aware of the novel's artistic value attempted in 1867 another approach: he argued that Raskolnikov was a product of his environment, and explained that the main theme of the work was poverty and its results. He measured the novel's excellence by the accuracy and understanding with which Dostoyevsky portrayed the contemporary social reality, and focused on what he regarded as inconsistencies in the novel's plot. Strakhov rejected Pisarev's contention that the theme of environmental determinism was essential to the novel, and pointed out that Dostoyevsky's attitude towards his hero was sympathetic: "This is not mockery of the younger generation, neither a reproach nor an accusation—it is a lament over it."�


Who wrote the 1513 guide to leadership (titled in English) The Prince?

Machiavelli’s The Prince: Still Relevant after All These Years | BU Today | Boston University Machiavelli’s The Prince: Still Relevant after All These Years Historians consider book’s five-century legacy tonight 02.06.2013 By John O’Rourke share it! 10 Niccoló Machiavelli wrote The Prince in 1513, but it wasn’t published until 1532, five years after his death. This portrait of the author, by Santi di Tito, hangs in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. In a recent interview with the New York Times , Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jared Diamond was asked which book he would require President Obama to read if he could. His answer? Niccoló Machiavelli’s The Prince, written 500 years ago. His explanation was that while Machiavelli “is frequently dismissed today as an amoral cynic who supposedly considered the end to justify the means,” he is, in fact, “a crystal-clear realist who understands the limits and uses of power.” Diamond, whose books include Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, said that what continues to make The Prince compelling reading for today’s political leaders is Machiavelli’s insistence “that we are not helpless at the hands of bad luck.” The slender political treatise is one of the most influential and controversial books published in Western literature. Critics have long debated whether The Prince, which famously argues that the ends—no matter how immoral—justify the means for preserving political authority, was written as a satire, or as British philosopher and Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell once said, as “a handbook for gangsters.” While Machiavelli’s intent is unknown, this much is indisputable: the book continues to be a searing meditation on the means some people use to get and maintain power. Among the precepts espoused by Machiavelli: leaders should always mask their true intentions, avoid inconsistency, and frequently “act against mercy, against faith, against humanity, against frankness, against religion, in order to preserve the state.” His name has become synonymous with cunning tyrants. To celebrate the book’s 500th anniversary (it was written in 1513, but not published until 1532, five years after the author’s death), the College of Arts & Sciences history department is hosting a special event, Machiavelli’s The Prince after 500 Years , at 7 p.m. tonight in the Photonics Center. It is free and open to the public. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky The panelists are Canadian scholar and politician Michael Ignatieff, who as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada was leader of the opposition from 2008 to 2011 and now teaches at Harvard and the University of Toronto; Edward Muir, a Northwestern University history professor, who has written widely about the Renaissance; and James Johnson (right), a CAS associate professor of history and author of two prize-winning books, Listening in Paris: A Cultural History and Venice Incognito: Masks in the Serene Republic . BU Today spoke with Johnson, recipient of a 1996 Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching and former CAS assistant dean and director of the Core Curriculum, about why Machiavelli’s masterwork continues to resonate. BU Today: What was Machiavelli’s intent in writing The Prince? Johnson: That is one of the great unknowable questions. Some say he wanted to empower tyrants; others say he listed their crimes the better to expose them. Readers across the ages have found support for all kinds of causes: monarchists, defenders of republics, cynics, idealists, religious zealots, religious skeptics. Whatever its intent, one thing is clear. The book follows its declared purpose fearlessly and without hesitation: to show rulers how to survive in the world as it is and not as it should be. Was he arguing that the ends justify the means, or is that assessment too simple? Machiavelli is famous, or infamous, for shifting the sense of “virtue” from moral worth to effectiveness. The virtuous figures of The Prince are those who do whatever it takes to seize and maintain foreign territory, even if it entails the grossest violations. This is a morality


William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey are commonly referred to as the 'what' Poets?

The Lake Poets Essay - Critical Essays - eNotes.com The Lake Poets Essay - Critical Essays link Link The Lake Poets William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Robert Southey became known as the Lake Poets in the early years of the nineteenth century when critic Francis Jeffrey conferred this designation on them. In an 1817 article published in The Edinburgh Review, Jeffrey referred to the three poets as belonging to the "Lake School." The term refers to the Lake District of England, where all three poets resided for a time. Jeffrey began writing about the group of poets as early as 1802. In a review of Southey's Thalaba (1801), Jeffrey began his harsh criticism of a "sect" of poets that included Southey, Coleridge, and Wordsworth. Attributing a number of characteristics to the writings of the Lake Poets, Jeffrey argued that their work was based on anti-social principles and that while it reflected the simplicity and energy inspired by nature, it was also both harsh and quaint in its use of "ordinary" language and themes. Other critics, including Thomas De Quincey, have argued that there existed no such "school" of poetry. According to these critics, the Lake Poets shared only friendship and brief periods of collaboration, not similar philosophies or poetic styles. Southey and Coleridge met in 1794, at Balliol College in Oxford. There they hatched a plan to create a Utopian community in America called "Pantisocracy." They collaborated on works that reflected their radical political beliefs, such as the drama The Fall of Robespierre (1794). Southey soon gave up on their political agenda, and Coleridge terminated the friendship. The two were married to sisters, however, and these familial bonds soon encouraged the poets to reconcile. By 1797, Coleridge had begun a close friendship with Wordsworth. They worked together closely in and near both the Lake District home that Wordsworth shared with his sister Dorothy and Coleridge's nearby residence. Together they wrote Lyrical Ballads (1798), a collection of poetry that was prefaced by a statement of Wordsworth's poetic theory and that helped define the Romantic Movement. During this period, the two poets influenced each other greatly, with Coleridge encouraging Wordsworth to explore philosophic poetry and Wordsworth offering Coleridge his insights and perspectives on nature. As Coleridge's relationship with Wordsworth continued to develop, Southey's and Coleridge's friendship cooled. Even so, Southey and his wife took up residence with Coleridge and his family in Keswick, a part of the Lake District, in 1803. This was a time of increasing marital discord for Coleridge. During this period, Coleridge traveled extensively and lived with the Wordsworths for several years. Meanwhile, Southey helped raise Coleridge's children, frequently admonishing Coleridge to stop using opium and to write with some regularity in order to provide for his family. Despite their distinctly different styles and philosophies, Coleridge, Southey, and Wordsworth are all considered Romantic poets. The Romantic fascination with the unusual and the supernatural is reflected in many of the works of Coleridge and Southey, most notably in Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798). Wordsworth and Coleridge both possessed an active imagination as well as a strong sense of perception. While Wordsworth used his imaginative powers to idealize the familiar, Coleridge explored the philosophical aspects of poetry. Southey's Romantic efforts centered on travel and adventure. He used exotic historical settings, such as Spain and the Orient, in his examination of the mythic and supernatural, but on the whole he was regarded more for his prose and literary criticism than for his poetry. The connection of the Lake Poets to Romanticism also encompassed a love of liberty and radical political convictions. The poets had, to varying degrees, sympathized with the French Revolution, believing that France was Europe's champion of liberty. Immersed in their love and worship of nature, the Lake Poets also believed in


In bookmaking, a sheet folded three times is called by what name?

The Art of Bookmaking by Thomas Yuen - issuu issuu This is a half title page. The half title page, also called the bastard title, is the page only showing the title of the book. Other information such as subtitle, author, and publisher will be omitted on this page. The art of bookmaking This Page Remains Blank This is a title page. The title page gives the full title, name of author, editor, or translator, name of publishing house, sometimes the city of publication or where corporate offices are located, and the year. At a minimum, the title page will show the title of the book and the authorâ€™s name, in addition to the names of any illustrators. the a r t of BOOKMAKING wai - kin yuen sonia gonz alez ying chen szu - hsuan chen li -jen huang This is a copyright page. The copyright page contains the copyright notice, which consists of the year of publication and the name of the copyright owner. The copyright owner is usually the author but could also belongs to an organization or corporation. Copyright ÂŠ 2012 by Wai-Kin Yuen, Sonia Gonzalez, Ying Chen, Szu-Hsuan Chen, Li-Jen Huang. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. Printed in the United States of America This is a dedication page. A dedication page is a page in a book that precedes the text, in which the author names the person or people for whom he or she has written the book. The dedication page is optional and written if the author of the book wants to dedicate the book to a particular person or persons. Books are often dedicated to the people who were most influential in the writing or publishing process. Dedicated to all our family, friends and teachers. This Page Remains Blank This is a list of all chapter headings, chapter numbers and subheadings, together with their page numbers, which demonstrates how your book is organized. This includes all front matter items and also body matter and back matter. Nowadays, some books might have two table of contents: a brief, and an expanded version. contents CHAPTER 3 - BINDING STYLE ix Preface 74 Hot Water Bottle Journal 28 Pasting 75 Potato Chip Bag Notebook 31 Pressing 76 Roll Up Field Journal 32 Making Cover Material 77 Other Materials of Binding 38 Mitering Corners 43 Applying End papers 84 Glossary 88 Index 89 Bibliography 90 Colophon vii This Page Remains Blank A preface generally covers the story of how the book came into being, or how the idea for the book was developed; this is often followed by thanks and acknowledgments to people who were helpful to the author during the time of writing. preface For most of the students, I am pretty sure we all have faced the moment that instructor asked us to buy a course required book. You start to hear all the complaining about the price of the book, and you just can’t agree more. With the invention of the e-book, books that make out of ink and paper are somehow way more expensive than the one that you can read everywhere on you tablet. We were all like that, until the day we started to make this book, we started to realize how much work you have to put in to create a complete professional book. There are five of us, and it takes more than two months to finally complete this book. The fact is creating a book is not just about the body text. A nice cover can catch people’s attention; an organized layout can save people’s time for finding the information they need. The reason we make this book is for people who want to learn how to make books. This is the book not only for graphic design students, but also for the people that intend to know more about the book. This book organized the parts of a book. We separate the book into five chapter, in order for readers to easily identify the differences between each book pa


"""Reader, I married him,"" appears in the conclusion of what novel?"

Reader, I Married Him – Audible Book Review – No More Workhorse Reader, I Married Him – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Edited by Tracy Chevalier “Reader, I married him” at the conclusion of Charlotte Bronte’s novel, Jane Eyre, must rank among the most famous last lines of any work of fiction. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Bronte’s birth,  Tracy Chevalier approached a number of contemporary women writers and asked them to use Jane Eyre’s famous declaration as a springboard for a story. This anthology of 21 short stories is the result and includes stories by Susan Hill, Jane Gardam, Helen Dunmore, Emma Donoghue and Chevalier herself among others. Jane Eyre tells the story of a young orphan who, after a traumatic childhood spent among relatives who don’t want her, is sent to the infamous Lowood Institution, a charity school for girls. After six years as a student and two as a teacher at Lowood, Jane leaves to become governess to a young girl living at Thornfield Hall, where she meets and falls in love with the enigmatic, Mr. Rochester. After a turbulent period at the Hall, Jane runs away, having been left at the altar by Mr. Rochester who, she discovered, was already married and whose mad wife had been kept locked up in the attic. Later, on learning that the Hall had burnt down, his wife was dead and Mr. Rochester was now blind, she returns and the novel ends with “Reader, I married him” The writers in this collection have each taken some character or aspect of Bronte’s story and based their story around it. In some cases there is no direct reference to novel but the writer has chosen to take a similar theme in a completely different context. For example, Susan Hill’s story is told from the point of view of Wallis Simpson, and the “him” is Edward, Duke of Windsor, the man who was briefly King Edward VIII. Similarly, Tessa Hadley’ story, “My Mother’s Wedding”, tells of her mother’s plans for an unconventional wedding in the 1970’s and in “Since First I Saw Your Face,” Emma Donoghue comments on the bonds of marriage in a story that tells of a passionate and loving relationship between two women. However, other stories are more directly linked to Jane Eyre. “The Orphan Exchange” by Audrey Niffenger focuses on Jane’s life as an orphan in a contemporary war-torn country. Helen Dunmore’s is one of the best stories of the collection. Told from the point of view of Grace Poole, the servant who looked after Bertha, the mad wife of Mr. Rochester, she defends her mistress and calls into question the general opinion of Jane Eyre. Similarly, in Salley Vickers “Reader, She married Me”, seen through the eyes of Mr. Rochester, we meet a manipulative and scheming Jane. The tables are turned, however, in Francine Prose’s “The Mirror” where it is Mr. Rochester who holds all the power. With a wide range of styles, comic, tragic, romantic, there is something here to please every listener. The characters are represented in youth, middle and old age, in traditional marriage and in gay relationships, and their stories are set in many different locations. The narrator, Laura Kirman, is skilful in adapting tone and accent to suit the different settings and moods. This anthology is an original and stimulating concept and will be great appreciated by lovers of short stories and will be particularly treasured by all admirers of Jane Eyre. The audiobook is available from audible.co.uk and lasts 7h 21mins Share this:


Philosopher and writer Jeremy Bentham, 1748-1832, is associated with what school of thought?

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) [ Victorian Web Home —> Religion —> Philosophy ] From Sir Lesley Stephen & Sir Sidney Lee (eds.), Dictionary of National Biography: from the earliest times to 1900 (London, Oxford University Press, 1949). Added by Marjie Bloy , Ph.   D. Senior Research Fellow, National University of Singapore. Jeremy Bentham, a writer on jurisprudence, was born in Red Lion Street, Houndsditch,  on 15 February 1747-8. His great grandfather was a prosperous pawnbroker in  the city of London, and there his grandfather and father practised as attorneys.  His mother, Alicia Grove, was the daughter of a shopkeeper at Andover. A grand  uncle on the mother's side, named Woodward, was the publisher of Tindal's Christianity  as old as the Creation. Bentham's father had no large practice, but he made  a considerable fortune by the purchase and sale of land. He was, according to  one description of him, ‘authoritative, restless, aspiring, and shabby’ (Empson in Edinburgh Review). He believed that ‘pushing was the  one thing needful’ in life, and he much regretted that his clever son  would not act on this maxim. He was fond in a dilettante fashion of literature,  and proud of owning Milton's house, chiefly, perhaps, because a friend happened  to own Cowley's. Young Bentham was remarkably precocious, and his father delighted  to show off his acquirements. In his fourth year he had begun to study Latin. ‘I remember,’ says Dr. Bowring, ‘that he mentioned to me that  he learned the Latin grammar and the Greek alphabet on his father's knee.’ Even as a child he was fond of books, and at the age of five he was known as ‘the philosopher.’ There is a story that when in petticoats he was  found seated at a reading-desk, a lighted candle on each side, absorbed in the  study of a folio copy of Rapin's History of England. Much of his youth  was spent with his two grandmothers at Browning Hill near Reading, and at a  country house at Barking. To the end of his life he retained recollections of  the pleasant days passed far away from the city. ‘At Browning Hill everybody  and everything had a charm; even the old rusty sword in the granary which we  used to brandish against the rats was an historical and sacred sword, for one  of my ancestors had used it at Oxford against the parliamentary forces.’ At six or seven he began to learn French. Telemachus was an unending delight  to him; in old age he had a vivid recollection of the feelings with which he  read that tale, especially the description of the election by competition to  the throne of Crete. ‘That romance may be regarded as the foundation of  my whole character; the starting-point from whence my career of life commenced.’ His father and mother sought to keep from him all amusing books; but his reading  was discursive, including grave and gay. Among the books which he read were  Burnet's Theory of the Earth, Cave's Lives of the Apostles, Stow's Chronicles, Rapin's History,Gil Blas, Plutarch's Lives,  Mandeville's Fable of the Bees, and Clarissa Harlowe. In 1755  he was sent to Westminster School. Sensitive, delicate, of dwarfish stature,  and with no aptitude or liking for boys' games, he was out of place at a public  school. He made, however, progress in Greek and Latin, and acquired a reputation  for proficiency in Latin verse. On 28 June 1760 he was admitted at Queen's College,  Oxford. He has described the reluctance with which he signed the Thirty-nine  Articles; he and some who shared his doubts were induced to sign by one of the  fellows who reproved their presumption in showing hesitation. The impression  made upon him was painful and lasting. From Oxford Bentham carried away few  pleasant recollections; he found little in the studies or amusements of the  university to interest him, and his references to it in after years were tipped  with acrimony. ‘Mendacity and insincerity -- in these I found the effects  -- the sure and only sure effects of an English universit


What influential American philosopher and author wrote the book 'Walden, or Life in the Woods'?

Henry David Thoreau : About the Author @ Classic Reader Member Login About the Author American essayist, poet, and practical philosopher, best-known for his autobiographical story of life in the woods, Walden (1854). Thoreau became one of the leading personalities in New England Transcendentalism. He wrote tirelessly but earned from his books and journalism little. Thoreau's Civil Disobedience (1849) influenced Gandhi in his passive resistance campaigns, Martin Luther King, Jr., and at one time the politics of the British Labour Party. "For many years I was self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms, and did my duty faithfully, through I never received one cent for it." (Journal, February 22, 1845-1847 - no year in Thoreau's dateline) Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts, which was center of his life, although he spent several years in his childhood in the neighboring towns and later elsewhere. Thoreau studied at Concord Academy (1828-33), and at Harvard University, graduating in 1837. He was teacher in Canton, Massachusetts (1835-36), and at Center School (1837), resigning after two weeks. In 1835 he contracted tuberculosis and suffered from recurring bouts throughout his life. From 1837-38 Thoreau worked in his father's pencil factory, and later in 1844 and 1849-50. He opened with his brother John a school in Concord and taught there in 1838-41 until his brother became fatally ill. From 1848 he was a regular lecturer at Concord Lyceym. He also worked as a land surveyor. A decisive turning point in Thoreau's life came when he met Ralph Waldo Emerson in Concord. He was a member of Emerson household from 1841 to 1843, earning his living as a handyman. In 1843 he was a tutor to William Emerson's sons in Staten Island, New York, and in 1847-48 he again lived in Emerson's house. In 1845 Thoreau built a home on the shores of Walden Pond for twenty-eight dollars, and described his observations and speculations in A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849). The account was based on a trip he took with his brother in 1839. Thoreau's first book sold poorly and he remarked, "I have now a library of nearly nine hundred volumes, over seven hundred of which I wrote myself." Thoreau's most famous essay, Civil Disobedience (1849), was a result of a overnight visit in 1846 in a jail, when he refused to pay his taxes in protest against the Mexican War and the extension of slavery. Later Thoreau lectured and wrote about the evils of slavery and helped fleeing slaves. In his famous statement, "the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation," he crystallized his idea to be the one who has the courage to live, to stand against the trends of his own time. Walden; or, Life in the Woods described a two-year period in Thoreau's life from March 1845 to September 1847. From the Fourth of July, the author retired from the town to live alone at Walden Pond. Much of Walden's material was derived from his journals and contains such pieces as 'Reading' and 'The Pond in the Winter.' "We are a race of titmen, and soar but a little higher in our intellectual flights than the columns of the daily paper" Thoreau wrote in 'Reading in Walden.' Other famous sections involve Thoreau's visits with a Canadian woodcutter and with an Irish family, a trip to Concord, and a description of his bean field. Although Walden has become an inspiration to all those who want to escape civilization, Thoreau himself took with him seed, lumber, clothes, nails, and other devices to survive - and his friends helped him to put the roof on his hut. "We are underbred and low-lived and illiterate; and in this respect I confess I do not make any very broad distinction between the illiterateness of my own townsman who cannot read at all and the illiterateness of him who has learned to read only what is for children and feeble intellects." Although Thoreau never earned a living by his writings, his works fill 20 volumes. Among his many correspondence friends was H.G.O. Blake, once a Unitarian minister and later attached to the Transcendentalist, whom


cient Greek concept of the 'three unities' advocated that a literary work should use a single plotline, single location, and what other single aspect?... Sign up View the step-by-step solution to: cient Greek concept of the 'three unities' advocated that a literary work should use a single plotline, single location, and what other single aspect?... This question was answered on Mar 08, 2016. View the Answer The ancient Greek concept of the 'three unities' advocated that a literary work should use a single plotline, single location, and what other single aspect? Student posted a question · Mar 08, 2016 at 8:50am Top Answer View Full Answer or ask a new question Related Questions 2 Literature experts found online! Average reply time is                       less than an hour Get Homework Help Why Join Course Hero? Course Hero has all the homework and study help you need to succeed! We’ve got course-specific notes, study guides, and practice tests along with expert tutors and customizable flashcards—available anywhere, anytime. - - Study Documents Find the best study resources around, tagged to your specific courses. Share your own to gain free Course Hero access or to earn money with our Marketplace. - Question & Answers Get one-on-one homework help from our expert tutors—available online 24/7. Ask your own questions or browse existing Q&A threads. Satisfaction guaranteed! - Flashcards Browse existing sets or create your own using our digital flashcard system. A simple yet effective studying tool to help you earn the grade that you want!


Who is the second oldest of the Pevensie children in C S Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?

SparkNotes: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe: Character List The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe C. S. Lewis Plot Overview Analysis of Major Characters Aslan -  The king and god of Narnia. The noble lion sacrifices his life so that the Witch will spare Edmund. After being resurrected the next morning, Aslan rises and defeats the White Witch once and for all. In the context of the book's Christian allegory, Aslan represents Christ. Read an in-depth analysis of Aslan. The White Witch  -  This evil queen of Narnia places a spell on the land so that it is winter and never Christmas. The Witch is the "Emperor's hangman," as Mr. Beaver says, and she has the right to kill any Narnian traitor. She wields a wand that turns creatures and people to stone. The wand also produces the Turkish Delight that enslaves Edmund and makes him greedy. The Witch kills Aslan, and it is only after he rises from the dead that he defeats her. Like any malicious character, the Witch, an embodiment of evil, could represent Satan, or she may be a servant of Satan. "She calls herself the Queen of Narnia thought she has no right to be queen at all, and all the Fauns and Dryands and Naiads and Dwarfs and Animals—at least all the good ones—simply hate her." Read an in-depth analysis of The White Witch. Peter Pevensie  -  Peter is the oldest of the Pevensie children, and he is noble and courageous. He matures into a young man during his first few days in Narnia. He immediately proves himself after protecting Susan from a ferocious wolf. Aslan knights him, and eventually crowns him the High King of Narnia. During his reign he is known as King Peter the Magnificent. Susan Pevensie  -  The second oldest of the Pevensie children, Susan is the beauty among the Pevensies. She is sweet and kind, and perhaps a little bland. Santa Claus gives her a horn to blow if she ever finds herself in a dangerous situation. When she becomes queen at Cair Paravel, she is known as Queen Susan the Gentle. Edmund Pevensie  -  The third oldest Pevensie child, Edmund is a brat for most of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. Edmund is spiteful and mean, and likes to tease his sister, Lucy. His greed for the enchanted Turkish Delight leads him to act as a traitor against his siblings. Edmund joins forces with the White Witch, but eventually sees the error of his ways and returns to the good side. Lucy Pevensie  -  The youngest Pevensie is cheerful, kind, and brave. This curious, happy-go-lucky girl is the first of the children to venture into Narnia. Later, she urges her siblings to search for her friend, Tumnus, when they find that the faun's home is ransacked. In the beginning, she is the protagonist, although Aslan fills that role later in the novel. We view much of the action through her optimistic eyes, as a foil to the skeptical eyes as Edmund. Santa Claus gives Lucy a cordial, which she uses to heal the wounded following the battle with the Witch's troops. She is known as Queen Lucy the Valiant. Tumnus  -  Lucy meets Tumnus, a faun, on her first excursion into Narnia. He initially intends to kidnap her and bring her to the White Witch. Tumnus does not go through with it, and he spares her life. For his crime, the Witch ransacks his home and petrifies him. Later, Aslan rescues Tumnus from the spell. Kind, sensitive, and caring, Tumnus and Lucy become fast friends once it is settled that he is not going capture her. He also makes a mean cup of tea. Professor Kirke  -  Professor Kirke is a slightly eccentric, elderly professor. He takes care of the Pevensie children so they can escape the air raids in London during World War II. Wise and open-minded, he helps Peter and Susan understand that Narnia may indeed exist. Mr. Beaver -  Mr. Beaver is Tumnus's friend, and he aids the Pevensie children in the search for the petrified faun. Mr. Beaver introduces the Pevensies to Santa Claus and ultimately brings them to the Stone Table and Aslan Mrs. Beaver -  She is Mr. Beaver's wife. Mrs. Beaver is kindly, good-natured, motherly, and a good cook. Dwarf -  The dwarf is one of the


Who wrote the plays Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard?

SparkNotes: The Cherry Orchard: Context The Cherry Orchard Table of Contents Plot Overview Anton Pavlevich Chekhov was born on January 17th, 1860, in Taganrog, Russia. His father Pavel was a shopkeeper the town, which was small, provincial, and on the Sea of Azov in the south of Russia, and his grandfather was Egor Chekhov, a serf. Serfs were the legal property of the landowners who owned the property on which they resided; it was thus a form of slavery. In 1841, Egor bought freedom for himself and his family at the price of 875 rubles. Russia had been changing ever since the early 18th century, when Tsar Peter the Great carried out a series of reforms with the intent of modernizing Russia in Western Europe's image. European styles in fashion and art were imported, the Western canon was widely read among the nobility, and French was adopted as the language of cultured discourse. A large government bureaucracy was created; the achievement of rank became an obsession of Russian life. During Chekhov's childhood, in the time of Tsar Alexander II, a second wave of reforms was underway, reforms that further liberalized the country and its economy. The most important of these was the Emancipation Declaration of 1861, which freed the serfs from bondage. These reforms caused great controversy, as they introduced what was, in effect, the beginning of a free-market economy, undermining the power of the nobility, and sometimes even impoverishing them. The situation displayed in The Cherry Orchard, of a wealthy landowning family forced to sell their estate in order to pay their debts, was thus a familiar one in the Russian society of Chekhov's day. Chekhov himself had a relatively quiet childhood. He attended the local Russian grammar school, worked in his father's store and occasionally wrote small pieces for the amusement of his family. Taganrog was not a typical provincial town; it was a multicultural port, with Italians, Greeks, and Turks residing in the wealthier sections of town and Russians such as the Chekhovs living in comparatively poor suburbs. It had a theater, which the young Chekhov would often visit. When Chekhov was sixteen, Pavel's store failed, and the entire family had to move to Moscow—the entire family, that is, except for Anton. A merchant (and friend of the family) had helped the Chekhovs with a loan, but insisted on keeping Anton with him in the house as a kind of collateral. As soon as he could, he left Taganrog in order to pursue medical studies in Moscow in 1879 at the age of 19. That year, Chekhov began to write comic stories in order to pay his medical school tuition. By the time he was twenty, he was employed by The Spectator magazine as their regular humorist. Over ninety percent of Chekhov's published work appeared in magazines before he was twenty-eight, and, by this age, he had already established himself as a premier writer of short stories. As he developed as a writer, his stories began to take on deeper and more profound themes, as he moved away from his comic roots. To this day, Chekhov's literary reputation primarily rests with his short stories, and Chekhov's early plays, written primarily in his early 20s, are not well-remembered. It was only in 1896 that he began to turn his attention back to drama; in the eight remaining years before his death, he managed to complete four plays: The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard. The first performance of The Seagull was nearly laughed off the stage; it was criticized as dull, unimaginative, and lacking any sort of dramatic tension (a critical undercurrent that has survived in Russia to this day). Only gradually did Chekhov's new form of drama, emphasizing characterization, detail and symbolism instead of plot development and incident, gain acceptance. Chekhov was the in-house playwright for the Moscow Arts Theatre, which had been founded by his friend Vladimir Nemirovich-Davchenko. During this time, he fell in love with one of the Theatre's leading actresses, Olga Knipper, and would marry her in 1901. Chekhov wrote his last


What technical word is given usually to the left-side even-numbered page of a book?

parts of books - synonyms and related words | Macmillan Dictionary title page noun the page at the front of a book that shows its title , the name of the writer etc verso noun a page on the left side of a book. The page on the right side is the recto.


MCQ-test Questions and Answers | Library and Information center@KV Peringome Library and Information center@KV Peringome Reader’s Club and Library and Information Center National Library Week celebration 2012 Know Your Literature 1. Who invented movable type printing? (C) Johannes Gutenberg 2. What was the pen-name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson? (D) Lewis Carroll 3. What was Samuel Langhorne Clemens’ pen-name? (B) Mark Twain 4. The ISBN (International Standard Book Number) code was increased to how many digits from 1 January 2007? (A) Thirteen 5. What is the pen-name of novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-80)? (D) George Eliot 6. French writer Sully Prudhomme was the first winner of what prize in 1901? (C) Nobel Prize for Literature 7. “Make then laugh; make them cry; make them wait…” was a personal maxim of which novelist? (B) Charles Dickens 8. Which Indian author wrote the English novel called ‘Untouchable’ (novel) in 1935? (D) Mulk Raj Anand. 9. R.K.Narayan has his stories centered on which imaginary place? (D) Malgudi 10. Which Indian writer has a National Park named after him? (B)Jim Corbett 12. Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel prize for writing: (C) Gitanjali 13. What is the pen name of V V Ayyappan – (B) Kovilan 14. What is the pen name of P C Kuttikrishnan- (D) Uroob 15. ______________is a Malayalam poet and lyricist from Kerala, India, who won Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award in India for the year 2007 (C) O.N.V. Kurupu 16. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2012 (C) Mo Yan 17. Hilary Mantel’s book _______________ won Man Booker Prize 2012 (B) Bring up the Bodies 18. _____________________is the autobiography of Adolf Hitler (A) Mein Kampf 19. Who wrote “Glimpses of world history” (A)Jawaharlal Nehru 20. ____________________is the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi. (D) The Story of My Experiments with Truth 21. The famous book “ The count of Monte Cristo” written by (C) Alexandre Dumas 22. _______________________________is the author of Harry Potter series stories (B) J. K. Rowling 23. Who wrote the English novel called ‘Angry river’ (A) Ruskin Bond 24. ________________________________ is the autobiography of A. P. J Abdul Kalam. (C) Wings of fire 25. The Diary of a Young Girl is a book of the writings from the Dutch language diary kept by ______________while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. (B) Anne Frank 26. The Story of My Life, first published in 1903, is autobiography of ___________ (A) Helen Keller 27. The Evolutionary biology book the origin of species written by________________________________ (A) Charles Darwin 28. Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Latin for “Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy”, often referred to as simply the Principia, is a work in three books by___________________________ (D) Sir Isaac Newton 29. Who was the Indian author won Man Booker Prize for his book “The white tiger” in 2008 (B) Aravind Adiga 30. It is considered to be the first Malayalam novel. (C) Kundalatha


What simple term, alternatively called Anglo-Saxon, refers to the English language which was used from the 5th century Germanic invasions, until (loosely) its fusion with Norman-French around 12-13th centuries?

Language Descriptions - International Translating Company Language Descriptions Kevin Reyes 2016-11-03T04:06:10+00:00 Language Descriptions Spoken Natively in: Abkhazia and Abkhaz diaspora Official Language in: Republic of Abkhazia ; Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia Description Abkhaz /æpˈhɑːz/ (sometimes spelled Abxaz; Аԥсуа бызшәа) is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken mostly by the Abkhaz people. It is the official language of Abkhazia where around 100,000 people speak it. Furthermore, it is spoken by thousands of members of the Abkhazian diaspora in Turkey, Georgia’s autonomous republic of Adjara,Syria, Jordan and several Western countries. The Russian census of 2010 reported 6,786 speakers of Abkhaz in Russia. Native Speakers:  3.5 million (2000 census) Spoken Natively in:   Indonesia Official Language in: Description: Acehnese language (Achinese) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by Acehnese people natively in Aceh,Sumatra, Indonesia. This language is also spoken in some parts in Malaysia by Acehnese descendents there, such as in Yan, Kedah. As of 1988, “Acehnese” is the modern English name spelling and the bibliographical standard, and Acehnese peopleuse the spelling “Acehnese” when writing in English. “Achinese” is an antiquated spelling of the English language tradition. “Atjehnese” is the Dutch-language spelling and an outdated Indonesian one. The spelling “Achehnese” originates from a 1906 English translation of the Dutch language Studien over atjesche klank- en schriftleer. Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 35.346-442 by Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, 1892. In Acehnese the language is called Basa/Bahsa Acèh. In Indonesian it is called Bahasa Aceh. Acehnese belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of Austronesian. Acehnese’s closest relatives are the other Chamic languages, which are principally spoken inVietnam. The closest relative of the Chamic family is the Malay language family, which includes languages also spoken in Sumatra such as Gayo, the Batak languages and Minangkabau as well as the national language, Indonesian. Paul Sidwell notes that Acehnese likely has an Austroasiatic substratum Native Speakers: 1.2 million (2002 census) Spoken Natively in: Uganda, South Sudan Official Language in: Ethiopia Description Acholi (also Acoli, Akoli, Acooli, Atscholi, Shuli, Gang, Lwoo, Lwo, Lok Acoli, Dok Acoli) is a Southern Luo dialect spoken by the Acholi people in the districts of Gulu, Kitgum and Pader (a region known as Acholiland) in northernUganda. It is also spoken in the southern part of the Opari District of South Sudan. Song of Lawino, well known in African literature, was written in Acholi by Okot p’Bitek, although its sequel, Song of Ocol, was written in English. Acholi, Alur, and Lango have between 84 and 90 per cent of their vocabulary in common and are mutually intelligible. However, they are often counted as separate languages because their speakers are ethnically distinct. Labwor (Thur), once considered a dialect of Acholi, may not be intelligible with it. Spoken Natively in: South Africa, Namibia Official Language in: South Africa Description Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa, Namibia and to a lesser extent in Botswana and Zimbabwe. It originates from 17th century Dutch dialects spoken by the mainly-Dutch settlers of what is now South Africa, where it began to develop independently. Hence, historically, it is a daughter language of Dutch, and was previously referred to as “Cape Dutch” (a term also used to refer collectively to the early Cape settlers) or ‘kitchen Dutch’ (a crude or derogatory term Afrikaans was called in its earlier days). Although Afrikaans adopted words from languages such as Malay, Portuguese, the Bantu languages, and the Khoisan languages, an estimated 90 to 95 percent of Afrikaans vocabulary is ultimately of Dutch origin. Therefore, differences with Dutch often lie in a more regular morphology, grammar, and spelling of Afrikaans. There is a large degree of mutual intelligibility between the two languages


Laurens van der Post's prisoner of war experiences, described in his books The Seed and the Sower (1963) and The Night of the New Moon (1970) inspired what film?

A Story Like the Wind (Harvest Book): Amazon.co.uk: Laurens Van Der Post: 9780156852616: Books A Story Like the Wind (Harvest Book) Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Apple To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. or Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here , or download a FREE Kindle Reading App . Product details Publisher: Harcourt Publishers Ltd; 1st Harvest/HBJ Ed edition (Oct. 1978) Language: English Product Dimensions: 13.3 x 2.4 x 20.3 cm Average Customer Review: Product Description About the Author Laurens van der Post was born in South Africa in 1906, the thirteenth of fifteen children in a family of Dutch and French Huguenot origins. He grew up in the heart of Bushman country, a thousand miles from the sea, before going on a long voyage to Japan that was a to prove a formative experience and vital in later life. He settled in England in the 1930s, writing and farming until the outbreak of the war, when he joined the British army and served with distinction in the Western Desert, Abyssinia, Burma and the Far East. Taken prisoner by the Japanese, he was held in captivity for three years before returning to active service as a member of Lord Mountbatten's staff in Indonesia and, later, as military attache to the British minister in Java. Since 1949 he has taken part in many official expeditions and missions to Africa, and his journey in search of the Bushmen in 1957 formed the basis of his famous documentary film, 'The Lost World of the Kalahari'. Other television films he has made include 'A Region of Shadow', 'All Africa Within Us'. And a three-part series on the life and work of Carl Gustav Jung, whom he met after the war and grew to know as a close personal friend. The highly acclaimed film 'Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence', released in 1983, was based on his book The Seed and the Sower. Laurens van der Post was awarded the C.B.E for services in the field, and in 1980 he was knighted. With his wife, Ingaret Giffard, Sir Laurens divides his time in England between his home in Chelsea and a cottage in Suffolk.            --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?


With which troubled son are parents Laius and Jocasta associated?

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Which Russian writer was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970?

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1970 The Nobel Prize in Literature 1970 Alexandr Solzhenitsyn The Nobel Prize in Literature 1970 Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn Prize share: 1/1 The Nobel Prize in Literature 1970 was awarded to Alexandr Solzhenitsyn "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature". Photos: Copyright © The Nobel Foundation Share this: To cite this page MLA style: "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1970". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 19 Jan 2017. <http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1970/>


Which great thinker collaborated with Sigmund Freud to write the 1933 book Why War?

Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud - Why war? Why War? Albert Einstein Sigmund Freud Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud's correspondence about peace and war was published in a pamphlet called "Why War?" The pamphlet appeared just after Hitler had risen to power, in German, and had a tiny circulation unfortunately. Einstein had been a pacifist and remained a pacifist until the rise of Hitler. He believed aggression had a biological basis. In 1915, during the first World War, he had written to his friend, Heinrich Zangger in Zurich: What drives people to kill and maim each other so savagely? I think it is the sexual character of the male that leads to such wild explosions. (Walter Isaacson, Einstein, 2007 p 209) Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud had a great deal in common. They had both created scientific revolutions in their fields. Both Einstein and Freud were internationalist German speaking Jews, who had grown up in an assimilationist and internationalist cultural environment, though Einstein was increasingly drawn to Zionism . Freud and Einstein had met when Freud visited Berlin for the new year of 1927. He said of Einstein: Einstein understands as much about psychology as I do about physics." (Walter Isaacson, Einstein, 2007 p 365) Einstein did not believe in psychoanalysis, but the two men got on well by speaking of politics and avoiding their professional fields. Einstein was invited by the Institute for Intellectual cooperation to exchange ideas about war and politics with a thinker of his choice. Einstein chose Freud. The Einstein - Freud correspondence came at a bad time for the world. It was published in 1933, in German, just after Hitler came to power. In that period in any case, attention to matters of war and peace was very important, but the world had suffered a crisis of moral bankruptcy. On the one hand, the horrors of World War I had produced a deep aversion to war and a strong pacifist movement in much of Western Europe. On the other hand, because of this aversion to war, and because of the deepening financial crisis, governments were unwilling to stand up to the increasingly aggressive dictatorships that had begun to flourish in Japan, Germany and Italy. The paradox was that in order to prevent war, it was necessary to use aggression and force. Einstein  campaigned for an international organization that had "teeth" - a beefed-up version of the League of Nations that would have its own army. At this point he wrote: ...I personally see a simple way of dealing with the superficial (i.e., administrative) aspect of the problem: the setting up, by international consent, of a legislative and judicial body to settle every conflict arising between nations. Each nation would undertake to abide by the orders issued by this legislative body, to invoke its decision in every dispute, to accept its judgments unreservedly and to carry out every measure the tribunal deems necessary for the execution of its decrees. But here, at the outset, I come up against a difficulty; a tribunal is a human institution which, in proportion as the power at its disposal is inadequate to enforce its verdicts, is all the more prone to suffer these to be deflected by extrajudicial pressure...law and might inevitably go hand in hand, and juridical decisions approach more nearly the ideal justice demanded by the community (in whose name and interests these verdicts are pronounced) insofar as the community has effective power to compel respect of its juridical ideal...Thus I am led to my first axiom: The quest of international security involves the unconditional surrender by every nation, in a certain measure, of its liberty of action--its sovereignty that is to say--and it is clear beyond all doubt that no other road can lead to such security. Freud responded by appealing to the existence of a death instinct to explain (and excuse) war: We assume that human instincts are of two kinds: those that conserve and unify, which we call "erotic" .., or else "sexual"... and, secondly, the instincts to destroy and kill, which


Legal action by J K Rowling and Warner Brothers commenced in 2007 against which company for its plans to publish a Harry Potter Lexicon?

Rowling v. RDR Rowling v. RDR fair use analysis background on lexicon What commercial, non-creative use of a creative work is permissible under the fair use doctrine? EDIT ANNOTATED ITEM INFORMATION DELETE ANNOTATED ITEM WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. and J.K. Rowling, Plaintiffs, v. 9 On October 31, 2007, Plaintiffs Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and J.K. Rowling commenced this action against Defendant RDR Books, alleging copyright infringement pursuant to 17 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq., as well as several other federal and state claims, and seeking both injunctive relief and damages. By order dated March 5, 2008, the Court consolidated the scheduled evidentiary hearing on Plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction [1] with a trial on the merits pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(a)(2). By their pretrial orders, the parties narrowed the claims and defenses to be tried: Plaintiffs pursued only their claims for copyright infringement and statutory damages under 17 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq. of the Copyright Act; Defendant pursued only its defenses and affirmative defenses of copyright fair use under 17 U.S.C. § 107, copyright misuse, and unclean hands. The Court held a bench trial on the merits from April 14, 2008 to April 17, 2008. This opinion constitutes the Court's findings of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52(a). 12 Plaintiff J.K. Rowling ("Rowling") is the author of the highly acclaimed Harry Potter book series. (Tr. (Rowling) at 43:6-7, 47:17-20; Pl. Ex. 25 (Rowling Decl.) at ¶ 1.) Written for children but enjoyed by children and adults alike, the Harry Potter series chronicles the lives and adventures of Harry Potter and his friends as they come of age at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and face the evil Lord Voldemort. (Pl. Ex. 25 (Rowling Decl.) at ¶ 2.) It is a tale of a fictional world filled with magical spells, fantastical creatures, and imaginary places and things. (Tr. (Vander Ark) at 346:1-6; 371:1-22; id. (Sorensen) at 513:6-14.) 13 Rowling published the first of seven books in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, in the United Kingdom in 1997. (Tr. (Rowling) at 46:12-16; id. (Vander Ark) at 363:19-20.) In 1998, the first book was published in the United States as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. (Pl. Ex. 25 (Rowling Decl.) at ¶ 2.) Over the next ten years, Rowling wrote and published the remaining six books in the Harry Potter series (Id.): Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003), and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005). (Pl. Exs. 5-9.) The seventh and final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was released on July 21, 2007. (Pl. Ex. 10). Rowling owns a United States copyright in each of the Harry Potter books. (Pl. Ex. 12 (Blair Decl.) at ¶ 4; Pl. Ex. 12A; Tr. (Rowling) at 43:8-9.) 14 The Harry Potter series has achieved enormous popularity and phenomenal sales. (Tr. (Murphy) at 432:20-433:3; id. (Harris) at 443:16-18). The books have won numerous awards, including children's literary awards and the British Book Award. (Id. (Rowling) at 47:17-20). Most gratifying to Rowling is that the Harry Potter series has been credited with encouraging readership among children. (Id. (Rowling) at 103:8-22.) 15 As a result of the success of the Harry Potter books, Plaintiff Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. ("Warner Brothers") obtained from Rowling the exclusive film rights to the entire seven-book Harry Potter series. (Pl. Ex. 26 (Williams Decl.) at ¶ 3.) Warner Brothers is the exclusive distributor for worldwide distribution of these films. (Id. at ¶ 4.) To date, Warner Brothers has released five Harry Potter films, and the sixth is scheduled for a worldwide release in November 2008. (Id. at ¶¶ 3, 4.) Each of the Harry Potter films is the subject of a copyright registration. (Id. at ¶ 3.) Warner Brothers licensed certain rights to Electronic Arts to create video games


The 100 best novels: No 62 – The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (1939) | Books | The Guardian The 100 best novels The 100 best novels: No 62 – The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (1939) Raymond Chandler’s hardboiled debut brings to life the seedy LA underworld – and Philip Marlowe, the archetypal fictional detective Humphrey Bogart with Martha Vickers in Howard Hawks's 1946 film version of The Big Sleep. Photograph: Allstar/Warner Bros Share on Messenger Close Enter Philip Marlowe, one of the great characters in the Anglo-American novel, a protagonist to rival and possibly surpass Sherlock Holmes. Marlowe holds the key to the enduring appeal of this novel and the six that followed. In 1951, Chandler told his publisher, “It begins to look as though I were tied to this fellow for life.” Maybe he should not have been surprised. Chandler fully understood the archetypal fictional detective, and had been polishing the character for years. In The Simple Art of Murder (1950) he describes such a man in a famous passage: “He must be a complete man and a common man and yet an unusual man… He is a lonely man and his pride is that you will treat him as a proud man or be very sorry you ever saw him. He talks as the man of his age talks, that is, with rude wit, a lively sense of the grotesque, a disgust for sham, and a contempt for pettiness.” Chandler might have been describing Philip Marlowe, who made his debut in this first novel, after several appearances in Chandler’s pulp fiction stories. He once observed of his celebrated style: “I’m an intellectual snob who happens to have a fondness for the American vernacular, largely because I grew up on Latin and Greek.” Chandler, like PG Wodehouse , who will feature later in this series, had been educated at Dulwich College, a school founded by Edward Alleyn, the great actor-manager whose company, the Admiral’s Men, included the poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe, Shakespeare’s great rival. In Chandler’s stories, his protagonist also appears as “Mallory”. He is a 20th-century knight who treads the mean streets of Hollywood and Santa Monica, and who also visits the houses of the stinking rich, with their English butlers, corrosive secrets and sinister vices. Chandler plays with this medieval conceit in surreal metaphors. For instance: “It was a blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.” In The Big Sleep – the title refers to the gangster euphemism for death – Marlowe is summoned to the home of old General Sternwood whose wild daughter, Carmen, is being blackmailed by a seedy bookseller. But The Big Sleep transcends its genre, moving WH Auden to write that Chandler’s thrillers “should be read and judged, not as escape literature, but as works of art”. The plot, notorious for its complexity, soon spirals into a world of pornography, gambling and Hollywood lowlife. It’s not flawless, and there are some loose ends. When Howard Hawks filmed the novel he asked, “Who killed the chauffeur?” and Chandler replied that he had no idea. To him, plot was always subordinate to character, mood and atmosphere. A note on the text Chandler published his first detective story, in the pulp fiction magazine Black Mask, at the end of 1933. He explained this departure to his British publisher: “Wandering up and down the Pacific coast in an automobile I began to read pulp magazines, because they were cheap enough to throw away and because I never had at any time any taste for the kind of thing which is known as women’s magazines. This was in the great days of the Black Mask… and it struck me that some of the writing was pretty forceful and honest.” Between these beginnings and 1938, when he began to write The Big Sleep, he wrote 21 Black Mask stories, developing and honing the qualities of his mature work. A late starter, he came to this world as an outsider, a middle-aged English public schoolboy adrift in California. However, he caught on quick. The early stories have several Marlowe prototypes, LA settings, good and bad cops mixed into the regular crime cocktail of violence, drugs, sex and


"""In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice which I've been turning over in my mind ever since,"" is the start of which novel?"

The Great Gatsby - Wikiquote The Great Gatsby Jump to: navigation , search The Great Gatsby (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a short novel which takes place on Long Island during the Jazz Age and is commonly cited as one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. Contents Chapter 1[ edit ] In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had." Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope. I am still a little afraid of missing something if I forget that, as my father snobbishly suggested, and I snobbishly repeat, a sense of the fundamental decencies is parceled out unequally at birth. Nick, on his upbringing and moralsss Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it was what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men. Nick, foreshadowing Gatsby's fate. [A]nd now I was going to […] become again that most limited of all specialists, the 'well-rounded man'. This isn’t just an epigram — life is much more successfully looked at from a single window, after all. "In two weeks it'll be the longest day in the year." She looked at us all radiantly. "Do you always watch for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always watch for the longest day in the year and then miss it." Daisy All right.[…] I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool — that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool. Daisy, on her daughter Pammy Chapter 2[ edit ] This is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens, where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. Occasionally a line of gray cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-gray men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight. "I married him because I thought he was a gentleman," she said finally. I wanted to get out and walk eastward toward the park through the soft twilight, but each time I tried to go I became entangled in some wild, strident argument which pulled me back, as if with ropes, into my chair. Yet high over the city our line of yellow windows must have contributed their share of human secrecy to the casual watcher in the darkening streets, and I was him too, looking up and wondering. I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life. People disappeared, reappeared, made plans to go somewhere, and then lost each other, searched for each other, found each other a few feet away. Chapter 4[ edit ] On Sunday morning while church bells rang in the villages alongshore, the world and its mistress returned to Gatsby’s house and twinkled hilariously on his lawn. He was balancing himself on the dashboard of his car with that resourcefulness of movement that is so peculiarly American — that comes, I suppose, with the absence of lifting work or rigid sitting in youth and, even more, with the formless grace of our nervous, sporadic games. This quality was continually breaking through his punctilious manner in the shape of restlessness. He was never quite still; there was always a tapping foot somewhere or the impatient opening and closing of a hand. About Gatsby Over the great bridge, with the sunlight through the girders making a constant flicker upon the moving cars, with the city rising up across the river in white heaps and sugar lumps all built with a wish out of non-olfactory money. The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world. It was dar