Jane Austen is often regarded as the greatest of English women novelists on the strength of her six completed novels. Noted particularly for their sparkling social comedy & accurate vision of human relationships‚ they are still as widely read today all over the world as they have ever been. It goes without saying that “Pride & Prejudice” is the most famous & ever-popular one. To begin with‚ I’d like to stress the point‚ that this particular novel is mainly about people’s relationships
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DANCING written by Susan Hill. The author is known as a British short story writer‚ novelist‚ playwright and critic. Her novels include The Woman in Black‚ The Mist in the Mirror and I’m the King of the Castle for which she received the Somerset Maugham Award in 1971. The extract describes the feelings of guilt and confusion of the main character Esme Fanshow after her mother’s death. The basic theme is the consequence of the attitude of a despotic mother to her caring but infantile daughter after
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reputation was damaged in the wake of his supposed involvement in the 1929 Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre‚ when seven rival gang members were executed. Gabriele and Teresa had nine children: Alphonse "Scarface Al" Capone‚ James Capone‚ Raffaele Capone‚ Salvatore "Frank" Capone‚ John Capone‚ Albert Capone‚ Matthew Capone‚ Rose Capone‚ and Mafalda Capone. His two brothers‚ Ralph Capone and Frank Capone worked with him in his empire. Frank did so until his death on April 1‚ 1924 and Ralph ran the bottling companies
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A Byronic hero can be conceptualized as an extreme variation of the Romantic hero archetype .However‚ they also bare some similarities with respect to their figure. The character type of the Byronic hero was first developed by Lord Byron a renowned English 19th century poet. He created this archetype because he grew tired of Traditional and Romantic heroic characters and his initial aim was to develop a character that would be more appealing to readers‚ that would be more psychologically realistic
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UNIVERSITY OF ASIA PACIFIC DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH ENG 105 INTRODUCTION TO PROSE Topic: Analyzing short story’s setting. Submitted To: Niger Afroz Islam Lecturer Department of English University of Asia Pacific‚ Dhaka. Submitted By: Nafis Kamal Reg. No.: 13116003 First Year First Semester Department of English University of Asia Pacific‚ Dhaka. Date of Submission: July 31‚ 2013 Analyzing short story’s setting. Definition of the Short Story: The short story is a piece of art
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Dicey’s model is challenged in the case of Jackson v Attorney General ‚ where the Hunting Act challenges the sovereignty of Parliament. This shows how Parliament can change its own procedures and how Parliament can determine how future Parliaments legislate. The Parliament Act 1911 changed the length of time it takes to create an Act of Parliament and restricted the power of the House of Lords. If the House of Lords rejected a bill from the Commons three times‚ it would go straight up to Royal
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"The Escape" by Somerset Maugham I have always believed that if a woman made up her mind to marry a man nothing could save him. I have only once known a man who in such circumstances managed to save himself. His name was Roger Charing. He was no longer young when he fell in love with Ruth Barlow and he had had enough experience to make him careful; but Ruth Barlow had a gift that makes most men defenceless. This was the gift of pathos. Mrs. Barlow was twice a widow. She had splendid dark eyes and
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As I look back on my years growing up in Acqua Traverse there is one period that stands out above all others: when I was an accomplice in the kidnapping of Filippo Carducci. Filippo was the son of the wealthy Lombard business man Giovanni Carducci and a steep ransom was demanded in exchange for his life. It all started when that stupid roman Sergio Materia came to Acqua Traverse. I was twenty at the time and felt caged in such a small‚ rural village. Sergio offered the inhabitants a chance to
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Eulogy Thanks for comimg everyone‚ I know this is a very big day. I just want to start by telling you what kind of person Rachel was. Although sometimes I met rachel the first year of high school. she was the girl sitting in the front row‚with ger notepad and her blonde hair...rch and I said to myself...I dont like her‚not only because sje was blonde because she was a smart blonde. Then I got stuck doing a project I know its not nice bad mouthing the deceased but Hainting me‚ aproving my eulogy
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