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The story concerns a dispute over the construction of a vespasienne (public urinal) near the village church. The term Clochemerle has entered French as a term to describe "petty, parochial squabbling". [2] Cobhole, Essex G. K. Chesterton: Father Brown: Connicted, Texas Jenő Rejtő: Texas Bill, a fenegyerek: Cool Clary, England Christopher Fry
Half-Life 2: Ravenholm is a town in Eastern Europe in the game Half-Life 2. Rhodes, Lemoyne Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online: Rhodes, based on Dahlonega, GA is a town in the Scarlett Meadows region of the fictional state of Lemoyne in the Red Dead universe. The town was founded in the early 19th century by Brigadier General Sherman M ...
Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens. It was originally published as a serial from 1837 to 1839 and as a three-volume book in 1838. [1] The story follows the titular orphan, who, after being raised in a workhouse, escapes to London, where he meets a gang of juvenile pickpockets led ...
After a dispute, the U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted in 2013 to restore the moniker most people have known the town by since 1881, around the time a severe storm swept through the area ...
The town's name comes from the Lenni-Lenape Delaware term, "Parseponong," meaning "where the waters come together." Rockaway Hawk Watch at Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area, Rockaway Township
Isaac Asimov (/ ˈ æ z ɪ m ɒ v / AZ-ih-mov; [b] c. January 2, 1920 [a] – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University.During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. [2]
Children. 2. Lynn Nottage (born November 2, 1964) is an American playwright whose work often focuses on the experience of working-class people, particularly working-class people who are Black. She has received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice: in 2009 for her play Ruined, and in 2017 for her play Sweat. She was the first (and remains the only ...
The Glass Town is a paracosm created and written as a shared fantasy world by Charlotte Brontë, Branwell Brontë, Emily Brontë and Anne Brontë, siblings of the Brontë family. It was initiated by Charlotte and her brother Branwell; Emily and Anne Brontë later participated in further developing the stories and geography of its world ...