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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 ...
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The Newgate novels (or Old Bailey novels) were novels published in England from the late 1820s until the 1840s that glamorised the lives of the criminals they portrayed. . Most drew their inspiration from the Newgate Calendar, a biography of famous criminals published during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and usually rearranged or embellished the original tale for melodramatic ef
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February 3, 1830 – Greece is liberated from the Ottoman forces as the final result of the Greek War of Independence. July 20, 1830 – Greece grants citizenship to Jews. May 7, 1832 – The Treaty of London creates an independent Kingdom of Greece. Otto of Wittelsbach, Prince of Bavaria, is chosen King. Thus begins the history of modern Greece.
William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 – 18 September 1830) was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher.He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language, [1] [2] placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell.
Isabelle Allende. You may have read Chilean American author Isabelle Allende's novel The House of the Spirits in high school, but her contribution to literature and magical realism cannot be ...
Thomas Mann (1875–1955), German novelist and Nobel Prize in Literature winner; John Manningham (died 1622), English lawyer; Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923), New Zealand modernist fiction writer; Mathieu Marais (1665–1737), French jurist; Marie of Romania (1875–1938), English-born Romanian queen consort