After a brief honeymoon in Chalk, Kent, they set up home in Bloomsbury, where they had ten children. On 9 June 1865, while returning from France with Ternan, Dickens was involved in the Staplehurst rail crash in which the first seven carriages of the train plunged off a cast iron bridge that was being repaired.Because of that he died.( 9 June1870) Oliver Twist (1837-39), Nicholas Nickleby (1838-39), The Old Curiosity Shop and, Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty as part of the Master Humphrey's Clock series (1840- 41), A Christmas Carol written in 1843. Hard Times- For These Times. is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1854. The book is a state-of-the-nation novel, which aimed to highlight the social and economic pressures that some people were experiencing. Unlike other such writings at the time, the novel is unusual in that it is not set in London. A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas (commonly known as A
Levitt's Arthur does battle in an anti gravity hotel hall way spinning, flying, and running sideways down the wall. After the amazing achievement of Nolan's super hero epic The Dark Knight, the bar was set high for whatever project he decided to unveil as his follow up, and what Nolan has done with Inception has even raised the bar higher. The picture perfect cast, the ground-breaking visuals, the classic score by Hans Zimmer, and the confidence of Nolan as a master storyteller make Inception not only the best film of the year so far, but what may be a celebrated film for years and years to come. Hats off to Nolan for daring to dream bigger, and delivering a masterpiece. Punane elavhõbe "Punane Elavhõbe" (red mercury in English) was announced as an Estonian historic crime movie about mafia and underground brutality in the 90's. The main characters were three thugs who weren't special at all, mainly only stealing car stereos etc
Ameerika Kirjandus 30.01.13 Naturalism · France, Emile Zola · Put down his theory in 1879: Le Roman Experimental, attempt to explain the development of human society throuch biological laws · Outlook is deterministic, pessimistic, fatalistic (fate or biology) · Man as an animal-clever than other beasts, still explainable within the framework · Man is not a free agent, is govern by something · Unable to determine his own faith · Hereditary · Naturalists tried to apply in fiction the processes of natural sciences · Writers task is to record facts, systems of behaviour, living conditions, never revealing any natural unbiased (completely natural) · Point of view: amoral-outside the category of morality, neither good or bad · Naturalist find it absurd to blame the wicked. These criminals are doing what nature, environment, their unconscious tells them to do. Naturalists do not judge their characters, they sim
.. two days. There they meet Slartibartfast and a collection of evil robots, who can play cricket. Slartibartfast brings them in Bistro Mathematics powered spacecraft. There, Arthur and Ford have to fill in the warriors of the planet Krikkit. Slartibartfast tells them, that they have to stop evil robots from collecting components of the Wikkit Gate at the planet Krikkit. Before it was a peaceful planet. So, now they collect artifacts, that contains deadly intention about how to release their master. When they realize that it's not possible to satisfy Krikkit's population from the existence, they envelop that system in a Slo-Time envelope. It let Krikkit to survive, even when the the rest of the universe ends. The key to Slo-Time envelope was a key. Then robots arrive who escaped the envelope. They retrieve the pieces of the Gate. When another piece of the Gate, the Silver Bail is found, Arthur is being separated from the others and he finds himself at a Cathedral of Hate
English literature is one of the oldest literatures in Europe; dates back to the 6th century AD. Oral literature, i.e. not written down, spread from person to person. In 449 AD Anglo-‐Saxon tribes invaded England – beginning of the Anglo-‐Saxon period in English literature. The first form of literature was folklore, carried by scops and gleemen, who sang in alliterative verse (a kind of simple poetry). Prose developed much later. The first form of recorded English literature was the epic Beowulf, which was produced sometime near the end of the 7th and beginning �
him. Hang on his every word. Help him out of chairs." 5) "Hullo, guv'nor" "Well, Frederick?" "How are you feeling?" "Extremely ill." "Might have been worse, you know." "Bah!" "Watery grave and all that." "Tchah!" 6) "Union? What are you talking about?" "Gertrude and old Beefers." "Who the devil is old Beefers?" "Oh, I forgot to tell you about that. This bird Popjoy's name isn't Popjoy. It's Bingham. Old Beefy Bingham. You know, the fellow Aunt Georgie doesn't want to marry Gertrude." "Eh?" 7) "He's a dog to be reckoned with. A dog that counts. And all through Donaldson's Dog-Joy." "I don't want to talk about Donaldson's Dog-Joy." "I do. I want to give you a demonstration." 8) "This is Bottles," said Freddie. "Who?" "Bottles. The animal I touched on some little time back. Note the well-muscled frame." "I never saw such a mongrel in my life." "Kind hearts are more than coronets," said Freddie. "The
"--ibid. Kipling soon learned to read and found solace in literature and poetry, voraciously turning to the magazines and books his parents sent him including Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone and works by the likes of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Bret Harte also left an indelible impression on Kipling. Respite from the Holloway household was gained when he spent one month a year in London with his mother's kindly sister Aunt Georgie and her husband, pre-Raphaelite painter Edward Burne Jones and their children. Those months of December were a veritable paradise to Kipling; North End House was constantly brimming with visiting friends and relatives, and the homey and artistic effects of the affectionate couple were everywhere. Their home echoed with laughter and the patter of little feet or was eerily hushed as the children raptly listened to fantastic stories told by Edward. They also played the
English Literature ,Victoria Age 1) Overview of the Victorian age · Periodization During the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901) · Why is the Victorian Age compared to the Elizabethan Age? Both are associated with the reign of a very popular queen; Victorian age idealised the Elizabethan Age; many changes in different fields- economy, religion etc.; focusing more on people's attitudes, political developments etc; Victorian age was inspired by Elizabethan era; Britain became an empire · What were the most important changes in politics, religion and social life that occurred during the Victorian age? Politics: 1848 Chartist movement (voting right for the working class); women's suffrage movements; feminist outburst (wanted to have business openly; own property, voting etc.); world dominion (British empire); Economy: Industrialization; urbanization (people moved to towns no agriculture & food); laissez- faire economy new type, where government has no con
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