Edith Wharton was born Edith Newbold Jones to George Frederic Jones and Lucretia Stevens Rhinelander in New York City on January 24‚ 1862. She belonged to an aristocratic New York family with ancestry dating back three centuries. As a daughter of society‚ her role was to learn the mannerisms and rituals expected of well-bred young women in those days. Later she would rebel against this role but as a child she was schooled at home and had the privilege of use of her father’s extensive library. She
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marriage was dissolved in 2003. At the time of his death‚ Crichton was married to Sherri Alexander‚ who was six months pregnant with their son. He had many careers such as a physician‚ teacher‚ film director and screenwriter before becoming an author. Two of Crichton’s books written were A Case of Need (1968) and Jurassic Park (1990). Crichton wrote A Case of Need while on a plane and won the Edgar Allan Poe award for it. Many of Crichton’s books became movies. Crichton’s theme was techno-thrillers
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Jimmy Valentine‚ an awfully arrogant‚ but charismatic‚ criminal‚ was featured in O. Henry’s short story “A Retrieved Reformation”. During the late 1800s‚ Elmore‚ Arkansas became an area with many mysterious happenings. Following a brief‚ ten month period of imprisonment‚ the evasive fugitive‚ Jimmy Valentine‚ was released. Moments after his release‚ the anti-hero immediately returned home to attain a suitcase possessing his own novelties of safe-cracking tools. A week after receiving the pardon slip
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2/24/2014 Focusing on the POSITIVES of Dharavi: Rashmi Bansal - Rediff.com Print this article Focusing on the POSITIVES of Dharavi: Rashmi Bansal Last updated on: August 21‚ 2012 19:36 IST In an interview with Rediff.com‚ bestselling author Rashmi Bansal talks about her new book‚ Poor Little Rich Slum (co-authored by Deepak Gandhi) and just why Dharavi is such an important part of Mumbai. You’ve probably heard of Dharavi; it’s impossible not to have. If you’re living in Mumbai
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A PORTFOLIO: THE LIFE OF AN AUTHOR JOHN GREEN SUBMITTED BY: Daniella S. Regala SUMBITTED TO: Ms. Justine Mae Acuna AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN GREEN John Michael Green (born August 24‚ 1977) is an American writer of young adult fiction and a YouTube vlogger and educator. He won the 2006 PrintzHYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printz_Award" Award for his debut novel‚ Looking for Alaska‚ and reached number one on a New York Times Best Seller list with The Fault in Our Stars in
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An analysis evaluates what a piece of writing is trying to do. In order to do that‚ you will have to decide what the author is trying to say and who they are trying to persuade to agree with them. In addition‚ you will need to examine the social and cultural context and point in time when the piece of writing was produced. Finally‚ you will need to explain how well the author fulfilled their purpose. What sort of an Analysis Essay are you being asked to write? Share in the comments about your
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prominence of alcoholism in American literature‚ at least in the first half of the twentieth century‚ and the relationship between great authors and alcoholism has become somewhat of a literary cliché. Icons such as Ernest Hemingway‚ William Faulkner‚ Tennessee Williams‚ and Jack Kerouac are as famous for their work as they are infamous for their drinking habits. These authors have created a legend out of themselves just from their notorious habits of drinking. Of the seven native-born Americans awarded
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Francisco‚ Hanah Joy R June 27‚ 2013 AB—Psychology ------------------------------------------------- Psychological Testing I. Brief History of Psychological Testing * 2200 B.C. Chinese begin civil service examinations. * A.D.1862 Wilhelm Wundt uses a calibrated pendulum to measure the “speed of thought.” * 1884 Francis Galton administers the first test battery to thousands of citizens at the International Health Exhibit. * 1890 James McKeen Cattell uses the term mental test
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How to: Advise for a Budding Author It is any authors dream to be published. They have written their work‚ and think that it is the best they can do. However‚ when it comes time for them to publish what they have done‚ many authors find that publishers do not print everything that comes across their desks. Most of what an author tries to get into print is rejected‚ especially new authors. This group has an even more difficult time getting work laid out onto paper because they as writers are unknown
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Coleridge: A Supernatural Author All literary freedom started with two men. These two are known all around the world. One of them was literally a genius because of his approach to literature but his real reputation comes from his ability to break chains of conservative customs and to create a new movement. The other one was actually more eccentric than the founding father of a new movement and era which is called Romanticism. I underlined the word eccentric because he believed an idea which had
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