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The famous opening line of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's (anonymous) novel, Paul Clifford, published this year, begins: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the ...
Paul Clifford is a novel published in 1830 by English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton. It tells the life of Paul Clifford, a man who leads a dual life as both a criminal and an upscale gentleman. It tells the life of Paul Clifford, a man who leads a dual life as both a criminal and an upscale gentleman.
In 1830, William IV succeeded his brother George IV as King of the United Kingdom. Upon his death in 1837, his 18-year-old niece, Princess Victoria . [ 11 ] Under Salic law , the Kingdom of Hanover passed to William's brother, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland , ending the personal union of Britain and Hanover which had existed since 1714 .
Balakumaran (1946–2018, India); Kathleen Baldwin (living, US); Andrew Balfour (1873–1931, Scotland); Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825–1894, Scotland); Mary ...
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The manuscript for the story was originally completed October 20, 1830. It was intended to be the last of The Belkin Tales to be published, but Pushkin decided to push the story to the front of the volume. The novella, so comical and at the same time so dramatic, is considered to be one of the masterpieces of Russian literature. [1]
In fact, French director Alice Guy-Blache was arguably the inventor of narrative film, meaning the first to use moving pictures to tell a story, along with her contemporaries the Lumière brothers ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Timeline of the history of the United States (1820–1859) 0–9. 1830 in the United States; 1831 in the United States;