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Sunday reading was a genre of periodical popular in Victorian Britain which offered light Christian reading thought to be suitable for families to read at home on Sundays. Typical examples such as Sunday at Home , The Quiver , and Leisure Hour featured a mixture of fiction, non-fiction, and verse, all dealing in some way with Christian themes.
[1] Jane Austen (1775–1817) wrote Lady Susan, a short epistolary novel, between 1793 and 1795 when she was aged 18-20. Ruskin Bond (born 1934) wrote his semi-autobiographical novel The Room on the Roof when he was 17. It was published in 1955. Marjorie Bowen (1885–1952) wrote the historical novel The Viper of Milan when she was 16 ...
[4] [6] The CBC characterized the panel as composed of "writers, curators and critics". [4] According to The Guardian, the list commemorated the publication of Robinson Crusoe (1719), 300 years earlier – "widely seen as the progenitor of the English-language novel". [6] The panel broke their list into ten categories of ten items. [1]
The Lesson” is a first-person narrative told by a young, black girl named Sylvia who is growing up in Brooklyn. The story is about a trip initiated by a well-educated woman named Miss Moore who has taken it upon herself to expose the unappreciative children of the neighborhood to the world outside of their oppressed community.
The lessons tell the story of two foreign students of Chinese, Palanka and Gubo, first in their own country (Book I) and then in China (Book II). They give priority to everyday topics that Gubo and Palanka encounter ( e.g. clothing, entertainment, socializing), and also provide background information on Chinese culture , society, and history .
At least one more Uplift book is planned by Brin, as he has stated in 2012 that Temptation "will be a core element of the next Uplift novel... and answers several unresolved riddles left over from Heaven's Reach." [3] GURPS Uplift is a sourcebook for a science fiction themed role-playing game based on the Uplift Universe. [4]
The name "fireside poets" is derived from that popularity; their writing was a source of entertainment for families gathered around the fire at home. The name was further inspired by Longfellow's 1850 poetry collection The Seaside and the Fireside. [3] Lowell published a book titled Fireside Travels in 1864 which helped solidify the title. [4]
Sixth lesson from Luke 2: 1–7 (read by the Deputy Mayor of Cambridge) Carol: "Come all you faithful Christians" – words and music, English traditional; arranged by Christopher Robinson Hymn: " While shepherds watched their flocks by night " – words by Nahum Tate (1652-1715); melody ('Winchester Old') arranged by George Kirbye (c. 1565 ...