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The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg: Haliford, Yorkshire: J.B. Priestley: They Walk in the City: A Yorkshire industrial town suffering the economic crisis of the 1930s, similar to real towns well known to writer from his own childhood Harfang: C.S. Lewis: The Silver Chair: Harrison, Ohio Stephen King: Firestarter: Harwich, Connecticut Stephen King
Winesburg, Ohio (full title: Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small-Town Life) is a 1919 short story cycle by the American author Sherwood Anderson.The work is structured around the life of protagonist George Willard, from the time he was a child to his growing independence and ultimate abandonment of Winesburg as a young man.
A man accidentally travels back to the past and meets himself there. 2007 The Last Day of Summer: 11-year-old Luke gets his wish that every day could be the last day of summer. [29] [30] 2008 Love Story 2050: Harry Baweja: About time travel to a utopian Mumbai in 2050 India. 2008 Minutemen: Lev L. Spiro
This is a list of fictional settlements, including fictional towns, villages, and cities, organized by each city's medium.This list should include only well-referenced, notable examples of fictional towns, cities, settlements and villages that are integral to a work of fiction and substantively depicted therein.
Plot summary. Hercule Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac, a cadet (nobleman serving as a soldier) in the French Army, is a brash, strong-willed man of many talents. In addition to being a remarkable duelist, he is a gifted, joyful poet who also plays music. However, he has an obnoxiously large nose, which causes him to doubt himself.
List of fictional galactic communities. List of fictional islands. Planets in science fiction. List of fictional police states. List of fictional prisons. List of fictional railway stations. List of fictional rapid transit stations. List of fictional schools. List of fictional British and Irish universities.
Our Town is a three-act play written by American playwright Thornton Wilder in 1938. Described by Edward Albee as "the greatest American play ever written", [1] it presents the fictional American town of Grover's Corners between 1901 and 1913 through the everyday lives of its citizens. Wilder uses metatheatrical devices, setting the play in the ...
Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene V Romeo and Juliet is sometimes considered to have no unifying theme, save that of young love. Romeo and Juliet have become emblematic of young lovers and doomed love. Since it is such an obvious subject of the play, several scholars have explored the language and historical context behind the romance of the play. On their first meeting, Romeo and Juliet use a ...