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  2. List of orphans and foundlings - Wikipedia

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    Notable orphans and foundlings include world leaders, celebrated writers, entertainment greats, figures in science and business, as well as innumerable fictional characters in literature and comics. While the exact definition of orphan and foundlings varies, one legal definition is a child bereft through "death or disappearance of, abandonment ...

  3. Category : Abandoned buildings and structures in fiction

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    This page lists works of fiction that involve abandoned buildings and structures as locations and plot elements. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.

  4. Lord Jim - Wikipedia

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    Lord Jim is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine from October 1899 to November 1900. An early and primary event in the story is the abandonment of a passenger ship in distress by its crew, including a young British seaman named Jim.

  5. Abandon - Wikipedia

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    Abandoned, the English language title of the Italian war film Gli Sbandati; Abandoned, a Hungarian film; Abandoned, starring Brittany Murphy; Abandoned, a television movie about the shipwreck of the Rose-Noëlle in 1989; Abandoned, starring Emma Roberts; The Abandoned, a 1945 Mexican film

  6. The Mysterious Island - Wikipedia

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    In the United States the first English printing began in Scribner's Monthly, April 1874, as a serial. [5] In September 1875 Sampson Low, Marston Low, and Searle published the first British edition of Mysterious Island in three volumes entitled Dropped from the Clouds, The Abandoned, and The Secret of the Island (195,000 words). In November 1875 ...

  7. List of fictional towns in literature - Wikipedia

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    A Life in Four Books: Utopia: Thomas More: Utopia (book) the 1516 book The book coined the term "Utopia", meaning an ideal city or civilization. V ; Vermilion Sands: J. G. Ballard: Vermilion Sands collection It is a beach resort with futuristic art. Village of Cream Puffs Carl Sandberg: Rootabaga Stories: Village of Fowl Devotees: Lemony Snicket

  8. The World Without Us - Wikipedia

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    The World Without Us is a 2007 non-fiction book about what would happen to the natural and built environment if humans suddenly disappeared, written by American journalist Alan Weisman and published by St. Martin's Thomas Dunne Books. [1] It is a book-length expansion of Weisman's own February 2005 Discover article "Earth Without People". [2]

  9. Beware of Pity (novel) - Wikipedia

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    This article about a 1930s novel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page.