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The novel's popularity led to the surname Shirley becoming popular as a first name for women. Brontë tells the reader it was a tradition in the family to only give this surname as a first name to male children. [1] It wasn't commonly used as a first name in England before the book. [2] It is now regarded as a female first name.
Shirley "The Loon" McLoon (voiced by Gail Matthius in 1990–2002 of the original series, Natalie Palamides in Tiny Toons Looniversity) is a young loon citizen of Acme Acres. She is based on Daffy Duck's main love interest, Melissa Duck. She speaks with a thick Valley girl accent.
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Anne of Ingleside is a children's novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. [2] It was first published in July 1939 by McClelland and Stewart (Toronto) and the Frederick A. Stokes Company (New York). It is the tenth of eleven books that feature the character of Anne Shirley, and Montgomery's final published novel. [1]
The Haunting of Hill House is a 1959 gothic horror novel by American author Shirley Jackson. It was a finalist for the National Book Award and has been made into two feature films ( The Haunting , directed by Robert Wise , and its remake ), a play, and is the basis of a Netflix series .
"Never Too Late to Loon": Plucky asks Shirley the Loon to turn him into Albert Einstein to help pass a math test, only to fail the test because Einstein had poor grades as a youth. "Li'l Sneezer": Sylvester the Cat tests Furrball by asking him to catch a mouse. The mouse, Lil' Sneezer, sneezes repeatedly and thwarts Furrball's attempts to catch ...
Shirley MacLaine is once again opening the book on her storied life.. In her new memoir and photo album The Wall of Life: Pictures and Stories from this Marvelous Lifetime (out Oct. 22 from Crown ...
Hill's career as an author began when her daughter Vicki (Shirley Victorine), aged about ten, found a story her mother had written as a child and asked for more about its characters. The result was a series of eight books about Marjorie & Co, illustrated by author. These began to be published in London in 1948.