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Mabel Collins (9 September 1851 – 31 March 1927) was a British anti-vivisectionist, occultist and author of over 46 books. She was an important figure in the Theosophical Society during the latter part of the nineteenth century but became critical of Helena Blavatsky and Theosophy after being expelled from the Society.
On Friday morning, the world learned of the passing of Harper Lee, the beloved author of one of the most influential books in American history, To Kill a Mockingbird. One of two books that Lee had ...
A famous quote from the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, or from the book's subsequent film adaptation, To Kill a Mockingbird. Boo Radley, the character in To Kill A Mockingbird at whom the quote is directed. "Hey, Boo": Harper Lee and To Kill A Mockingbird, a 2010 documentary film about the novel.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1960 novel by American author Harper Lee. It became instantly successful after its release; in the United States, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. To Kill a Mockingbird won the Pulitzer Prize a year after its release, and it has become a classic of modern American literature.
It is now accepted that it was a first draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, with many passages in that book being used again. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The title comes from the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible : "For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman , let him declare what he seeth" (Chapter 21, Verse 6), [ 5 ] which is quoted in the ...
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1960. Instantly successful, widely read in middle and high schools in the United States, it has become a classic of modern American literature, winning the Pulitzer Prize. [1]
John Anthony Megna was born in Ozone Park, Queens, New York, to Ralph W. Megna, a pharmacist, [1] and Eleanor McGinley, a one-time nightclub singer. He was a half-brother of Connie Stevens through their mother, and an ex-brother-in-law of Eddie Fisher, both famous singers.
16. “Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.” 17. “Time is the moving image of reality.” 18. “The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.”