Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Ernest Hemingway Cottage is a single-story frame structure with a gabled roof and white clapboard siding [6] measuring 20 feet by 40 feet. [5] The main section of the cottage contains the sleeping and living rooms, along with a bathroom and utility closet.
The tradition of elaborate, artificial plotting, and epigrammatic dialogue was carried on by the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde in Lady Windermere's Fan (1892) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). In the 20th century, the comedy of manners reappeared in the plays of the British dramatists Noël Coward (Hay Fever, 1925) and Somerset Maugham
By 1868, Windermere was described as a “Boiling-down establishment capable of boiling down 900 to 1000 sheep daily.” [9] (Maitland Mercury 4 January 1868). Charles Solomon Capp purchased the property from Peter Green in 1870. [9] [11] The Windermere homestead burnt down in 1884 (says 1882 [11]) but was rebuilt on top of the original cellars ...
The two women hide in another room, but Lady Windermere forgets her fan on a sofa. Lord Windermere demands that Lord Darlington explain what his wife's fan is doing there. Mrs. Erlynne comes out and apologizes for having taken it by mistake. All the guests, notably Lord Lorton, leave. Meanwhile, Lady Windermere leaves the house unseen.
The original gardens were laid out by Arts and Crafts garden designer Thomas Mawson in a series of terraces to achieve views from the house over the lake towards the Coniston fells. Blackwell is bordered by flower beds set against a terrace of York stone paving, providing shelter for garden chairs and tables, surrounded by flowers and herbs.
"Four identically-sized square rooms: a bedroom, a living room, a kitchen/dining room, and a bathroom/laundry room. A place to sleep, a place to be, a place to eat, and a place to.. uh.. excrete . . .
The Lake: This appears to be a mix of Windermere and Coniston Water in the English Lake District. The topography of the lake is similar to Windermere, but the surrounding countryside more closely resembles the land around Coniston. Rio: The principal town beside the Lake. It is based on Bowness-on-Windermere.
He demands to know if Lord Darlington has her hidden somewhere. Lord Darlington refuses to cooperate, believing that Lady Windermere has come to him. Just as Lord Windermere is about to discover Lady Windermere's hiding place, Mrs Erlynne reveals herself instead, shocking all the men and allowing Lady Windermere to slip away unnoticed.