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David Kirby of The New York Times described Girls on the Run as "a tank of literary laughing gas that exhilarates and confounds in roughly equal measure." Kirby wrote that "the excitement stays just below the level of video-arcade intensity, thanks to the anesthesizing influence of a narrator who is both wide-eyed and disembodied ...If Andy Warhol and T. S. Eliot had played with Barbies ...
An "it girl" [a] is an attractive young woman who is perceived to have both sex appeal and a personality that is especially engaging. [1] The expression it girl originated in British upper-class society around the turn of the 20th century. [2] It gained further attention in 1927 with the popularity of the Paramount Studios film It, starring ...
So Much to Tell You is a young adult novel by Australian author John Marsden, first published in 1987.It was his debut book. It was instantly successful in Australia and the US and has since been translated into nine languages and awarded many highly acclaimed literary awards including the Christopher Medal and the Victorian Premier's Award.
A Dictionary of Love, Or, the Language of Gallantry Explained is a dictionary compiled by the British author John Cleland in 1753 and revised in 1777 and 1795. There is no evidence that Cleland was involved with the 1753 revision, and he died in 1789. It continued to appear in reprints until 1825. [1]
Vicki Vivacious is a drag performer with a background in musical theater, [3] and a member of the Fabulettes! on London Live's Drag Queens of London. [1] She was also a member of the drag queen musical group, The Supreme Fabulettes. She competed on series 5 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, as the first contestant from Cornwall.
The show, set in the city of Pune, revolves around the story of Amrita, a 21-year old vivacious girl who lives with her loving grandparents and has been dating Rohit Bakshi, a young boy from the well to do Bakshi family. On her 21st birthday, Amrita and Rohit's families plan a surprise outing for her where Rohit and Amrita get formally engaged ...
John Sommers John is a captain of a ship and later a steamboat carrying supplies to California. He is a free spirit and the "loosest" of the Sommers, enjoying good drinks and women. He travels to many places and brings back gifts for Rose and for Eliza after she is born. Mama Fresia Mama Fresia is the Mapuche cook for the Sommers. No one pays ...
Blanche as Robinson Crusoe in 1893–94 Drury Lane pantomime. Ada Blanche (born Ada Cecilia Blanche Adams; 16 July 1862 – 1 January 1953) was an English actress and singer known early in her career for vivacious performances in Victorian burlesque and pantomime and later in character roles in Edwardian musical comedy.