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The famous opening line of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's (anonymous) novel, Paul Clifford, published this year, begins: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the ...
Balakumaran (1946–2018, India); Kathleen Baldwin (living, US); Andrew Balfour (1873–1931, Scotland); Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825–1894, Scotland); Mary ...
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The 1830s (pronounced "eighteen-thirties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1830, and ended on December 31, 1839. In this decade, the world saw a rapid rise of imperialism and colonialism, particularly in Asia and Africa. Britain saw a surge of power and world dominance, as Queen Victoria took to the throne in 1837.
Benjamin Constant (1767–1830), French writer, philosopher and politician; Ethel Cooper (1871–1961), Australian musician and First World War German detainee; Eleanor Coppola (b. 1936), American filmmaker and writer; Rachel Corrie (1979–2003), American activist; William Johnson Cory (1823–1892), English schoolmaster and scholar
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Thomas Aird, The Captive of Fez [3]; Lord Byron, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron, edited by Thomas Moore, biographical [3]; Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey, anonymously published, The Devil's Walk; original version published in the Morning Post, September 6, 1799 as "The Devil's Thoughts" [3]