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Hyperion is set in Greece and deals with invisible forces, conflicts, beauty, and hope. [2] It recounts Hyperion's attempts to overthrow the Turkish rule in Greece (in one of the footnotes Hölderlin specifically ties events in the novel with the Russians "bringing a fleet into the Archipelago" in 1770, framing the novel's events into the Orlov Revolt), his disillusionment with the rebellion ...
Kermit the Hermit is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Bill Peet. It was first published in 1965. [1] It tells the story of a greedy crab who collects and hoards all sorts of unnecessary things. Peet said he got the idea for the book from sketching crabs stacked on ice in the sea food display of a supermarket. [2]
The Hermit follows an unnamed middle-aged Frenchman—a solitary, ineffectual clerk—who inherits a great deal of money after the death of his American uncle. He responds to this sudden wealth by quitting the job he has been working at for 15 years, and moving to a very nice apartment in the suburbs, where he bathes and shaves, reads the newspaper, eats lunch, dinner, drinks too much, thinks ...
The Black Hermit was the first play by the Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, and the first published East African play in English. [1] The travelling theatre of Makerere College was the first to produce the play, [2] putting it on in honour of Ugandan independence at the Ugandan National Theatre in Kampala in November 1962.
Saint Jerome, who lived as a hermit near Bethlehem, depicted in his study being visited by two angels (Cavarozzi, early 17th century) A hermit, also known as an eremite (adjectival form: hermitic or eremitic) or solitary, is a person who lives in seclusion. [1] [2] [3] Eremitism plays a role in a variety of religions.
"Society," Hermit explains, "is a device for overcoming the wall of the world." [1] [7] Critics have noted Pelevin's parody of all religious philosophy. "Where do we come from?" - Six-Toes asks. "You know, only at very deep levels of memory does that question get answered," answers the Hermit. - "It seems to me that we emerge from white orbs."
Pagoo is a 1957 illustrated children's book by Holling C. Holling. [1] The book tells the story of a hermit crab who is guided by instinct presented in the form of a voice called "Old Pal". In the process it presents a study of tide pool life.
Lastly, a hermit on a tiny island with a shotgun threatens the boys. While trying to find Chet and Biff, Joe and Jerry are captured and tied up in a cave. Soon Frank and the others rescue their friends and escape. The book ends saying that Frank and Joe would soon start a new case "in the near future while Hunting for Hidden Gold."