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"A Rose for Emily" is a short story by American author William Faulkner, first published on April 30, 1930, in an issue of The Forum. The story takes place in Faulkner's fictional Jefferson, Mississippi, in the equally fictional county of Yoknapatawpha.
Betty Lee Bloomingdale (née Newling; August 2, 1922 – July 19, 2016) was an American socialite and philanthropist.She was considered a fashion icon, first appearing on the International Best Dressed List in 1962, [3] [4] and in 1970 was named in the list's Hall of Fame.
Maggie Smith as the title character in the film adaptation of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Jean Brodie is the name of a fictional character in the Muriel Spark novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961), as well as in the play and 1969 film of the same name—both by Jay Presson Allen—which were based on the novel.
For the historical eras in which the story is set—roughly the 1880s or 1890s when she is a young girl to about the 1960s or 1970s when she is an old woman—marriage was a common expectation of most women at the time, but the Miss Rumphius in the book never marries. It is clear by the end of her story, however, that she has lived a long, rich ...
Patricia Claire Bloom CBE (born 15 February 1931) is an English actress. She is known for leading roles on stage and screen and has received two BAFTA Awards and a Drama Desk Award as well as nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, a Grammy Award and a Tony Award.
[4] [5] [6] Following Amge's 18th birthday on 16 December 2011, she was officially declared the world's shortest living woman by Guinness World Records with a height of 62.8 centimetres (2 ft 3 ⁄ 4 in). [7] [8] Her restricted height is due to a genetic disorder called primordial dwarfism. [9] [1]
Claire Hale Underwood is originally from the exclusive Highland Park enclave of Dallas, Texas.Her late father was a major Texas Republican.While studying Environmental Health and Chemistry at Radcliffe College in Cambridge, she met Francis J. "Frank" Underwood, a Harvard Law student from South Carolina.
[12] [13] Done as a parody of teen pop but in tribute to Bradbury, the viral video on her "RachelDoesStuff" Youtube channel had more than 600,000 views in its first week of release and Bloom gained a following from it and her subsequent videos. [14] The video was a finalist for the Hugo Award in 2011. A photo of Bradbury, posted online Aug. 21 ...