"""the atmosphere of schoolboy smut and practical jokes and poetry is evoked with lingering accuracy but with nothing more"". Critic Jacob Korg later commented that ""taken as a group, [the stories] seem to trace the child's emergence from his domain of imagination and secret pleasures into an adult world where he observes suffering, pathos, and dignity"". The book has been described as showing Thomas' ""waggish humor at its best, his exuberance & verbal magic in spectacular display"". Apart from ""Under Milk Wood"", the book is ""probably the most famous Dylan Thomas book published during his lifetime... certainly the most loved"
"The Portrait (Gogol short story) ""The Portrait"" () is a short story by Nikolai Gogol, originally published in the short story collection ""Arabesques"" in 1835. It is one of Gogol's most demonic of tales, hinting at some of his earlier works such as ""St. John's Eve"" and ""Viy"". ""The Portrait"" is the story of a young and penniless artist, Andrey Petrovich Chartkov, who stumbles upon a terrifyingly lifelike portrait in an art shop and is compelled to buy it. The painting is magical and offers him a dilemma — to struggle to make his own way in the world on"
"The Under Dog and Other Stories The Under Dog and Other Stories is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the United States in 1951, Dodd Mead and Company. The title story was published in booklet form along with Blackman's Wood (by E. Phillips Oppenheim) in the United Kingdom in 1929 by The Reader's Library.The first US edition retailed at $2.50. It contains works from the early days of Christie's career, all featuring Hercule Poirot. All the stories were published in British and American magazines between 1923 and 1926. All of the stories, save the"
"Marjorie Flack Marjorie Flack (22 October 1897 - August 29, 1958) was an American artist and writer of children's picture books. Flack was born in Greenport, Long Island, New York in 1897. She was best known for ""The Story about Ping"" (1933), illustrated by Kurt Wiese, popularized by Captain Kangaroo, and for her stories of an insatiably curious Scottish terrier named Angus, who was actually her dog. Her first marriage was to artist Karl Larsson; she later married poet William Rose Benét. Her book ""Angus Lost"" was featured prominently in the movie ""Ask the Dust"" (2006), starring Colin Farrell and"
"nature scenes. ""La Morgue"" (1906) and ""Kultur"" (1908, ""Culture"") are two of his most well known paintings. As an author he wrote many short stories and tales, often parodies on detective stories or melodramas, small cozy snap-shots from the Copenhagen lower middle class milieu, absurd and surrealistic tales or, especially, ""monologues"" put into the mouth of bums, artists, etc. Special kinds of tales were the monologues put into the mouth of his own dog (the ""Grog, My Dog-tales"" 1926–1935), in which he let the dog reflect on life, death and daily life, sometimes with a light touch of sadness and"
"the nursery rhymes for myself, and, later, to read other verses and ballads, I knew that I had discovered the most important things, to me, that could be ever. Thomas was an accomplished writer of prose poetry, with collections such as ""Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog"" (1940) and ""Quite Early One Morning"" (1954) showing he was capable of writing moving short stories. His first published prose work was ""After the Fair"", printed in The New English Weekly on 15 March 1934. Jacob Korg believes that Thomas's fiction work can be classified into two main bodies, vigorous fantasies"
"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is the first novel of Irish writer James Joyce. A Künstlerroman in a modernist style, it traces the religious and intellectual awakening of young Stephen Dedalus, a fictional alter ego of Joyce and an allusion to Daedalus, the consummate craftsman of Greek mythology. Stephen questions and rebels against the Catholic and Irish conventions under which he has grown, culminating in his self-exile from Ireland to Europe. The work uses techniques that Joyce developed more fully in ""Ulysses"" (1922) and ""Finnegans Wake"" (1939)."
"K. Magee, a sub-librarian of the National Library of Ireland, and had earlier suggested that Moore ""was best suited to become Ireland's Turgenev"". The tales are recognised by some as representing the birth of the Irish short story as a literary genre. On 7 January 1904 Joyce attempted to publish an essay-story, ""A Portrait of the Artist"", dealing with aesthetics, only to have it rejected by the free-thinking magazine ""Dana"". He decided, on his twenty-second birthday, to revise the story into a novel he called ""Stephen Hero"", which was later re-written as ""A Portrait of the Artist as a Young"
"Portrait of a Large Dog Portrait of a Large Dog is an oil painting by George Stubbs. Depicting a dingo (""Canis lupus dingo""), it is the first depiction of an Australian animal in Western art, along with a painting of a kangaroo by Stubbs. It is part of the collection of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London. The work was commissioned by Joseph Banks based on his observations of dingoes on the east coast of Australia in 1770 during Lieutenant James Cook's first voyage of discovery. No specimen was collected for use as a subject, unlike its companion painting"
"Red Dog (Kipling short story) ""Red Dog"" is a Mowgli story by Rudyard Kipling. Written at Kipling's home in Brattleboro, Vermont between February and March 1895, it was first published as ""Good Hunting: A Story of the Jungle"" in ""The Pall Mall Gazette"" for July 29 and 30 1895 and ""McClure's Magazine"" for August 1895 before appearing under its definitive title as the 7th and penultimate story in ""The Second Jungle Book"" later the same year. It was also the penultimate Mowgli story to be written. Mowgli the feral child is about 16 years old and living contentedly with his"
"Ruth and Latrobe Carroll Ruth Crombie Robinson Carroll (Lancaster, New York; September 24, 1899 – 1999) and ""Archer"" Latrobe Carroll (January 5, 1894 – November 30, 1996) were an American married couple that created children's books illustrated by Ruth. They received the Juvenile Award of the American Association of University Women, North Carolina chapter, in 1953 for ""Peanut"" and in 1955 for ""Digby the Only Dog"". They lived in Asheville, North Carolina. In the U.S. Library of Congress Catalog, the five earliest records of works by Ruth Carroll are for solo picture books published from 1932 to 1937 (unpaginated, as"
"as a journalist and travelled widely before he married, in 1932, the painter Frances Bazley. They settled for a period in Norfolk and then in 1934 at Castle House, Laugharne in south Wales. Dylan Thomas stayed with Hughes and wrote his book ""Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog"" whilst living at Castle House. Hughes was instrumental in Thomas relocating permanently to the area. He wrote only four novels, the most famous of which is ""The Innocent Voyage"" (1929), or ""A High Wind in Jamaica"", as Hughes renamed it soon after its initial publication. Set in the 19th century,"
"Jennie. Portrait of Jennie (novella) Portrait of Jennie is a novel by American writer Robert Nathan, first published in 1940. This story combines romance, fantasy, mystery, and the supernatural. The most successful of Nathan's books, it is considered a modern masterpiece of fantasy fiction. Judith Merril called ""Portrait of Jennie"" ""one of the most durable successes in the fantasy business,"" and Ray Bradbury wrote of the book, ""It touched and frightened me when I was twenty-four. Now, once more, it touches and frightens."" A struggling Depression-era artist encounters a young girl in a park who inspires him to paint portraits"
"Carl Burger Carl V. Burger (June 18, 1888 – December 30, 1967) was an American ""artist and writer of children’s books about animals and natural history."" He is known for his children's and youth literature illustrations of ""The Incredible Journey"" by Sheila Burnford and the Newbery Medal honor novels ""Old Yeller"" by Fred Gipson and ""Little Rascal"" by Sterling North. Burger was born in Maryville, Tennessee, to a banker, Joseph Burger and Elizabeth (Knox) Burger. He attended Maryville College and Stanford University prior to transferring to Cornell University, where he took his Bachelor of Architecture in 1912. At Cornell, Burger"
"Carl Burger Carl V. Burger (June 18, 1888 – December 30, 1967) was an American ""artist and writer of children’s books about animals and natural history."" He is known for his children's and youth literature illustrations of ""The Incredible Journey"" by Sheila Burnford and the Newbery Medal honor novels ""Old Yeller"" by Fred Gipson and ""Little Rascal"" by Sterling North. Burger was born in Maryville, Tennessee, to a banker, Joseph Burger and Elizabeth (Knox) Burger. He attended Maryville College and Stanford University prior to transferring to Cornell University, where he took his Bachelor of Architecture in 1912. At Cornell, Burger"
"a picture book written with Latrobe, ""Hullabaloo, the elephant dog"" (NY: Walck, 1975), 48 pp., , featuring a dog employed by a one-ring circus (""Kirkus""). Ruth and Latrobe Carroll Ruth Crombie Robinson Carroll (Lancaster, New York; September 24, 1899 – 1999) and ""Archer"" Latrobe Carroll (January 5, 1894 – November 30, 1996) were an American married couple that created children's books illustrated by Ruth. They received the Juvenile Award of the American Association of University Women, North Carolina chapter, in 1953 for ""Peanut"" and in 1955 for ""Digby the Only Dog"". They lived in Asheville, North Carolina. In the U.S."
"Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man is a novel by Joseph Heller, published posthumously in 2000. His final work, it depicts an elderly author as he tries to write a novel that is as successful as his earlier work, mirroring Heller's own career after the success of ""Catch-22"". The story is of Eugene Pota, a prominent writer who, in his old age, is struggling for that last piece of fiction that could be his magnum opus, or at least on par with his earlier writings. Littered throughout the novel are"
"The Portrait of a Lady The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in ""The Atlantic Monthly"" and ""Macmillan's Magazine"" in 1880–81 and then as a book in 1881. It is one of James's most popular long novels and is regarded by critics as one of his finest. ""The Portrait of a Lady"" is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer, who, in ""confronting her destiny"", finds it overwhelming. She inherits a large amount of money and subsequently becomes the victim of Machiavellian scheming by two American expatriates. Like"
"Portrait of Jennie (novella) Portrait of Jennie is a novel by American writer Robert Nathan, first published in 1940. This story combines romance, fantasy, mystery, and the supernatural. The most successful of Nathan's books, it is considered a modern masterpiece of fantasy fiction. Judith Merril called ""Portrait of Jennie"" ""one of the most durable successes in the fantasy business,"" and Ray Bradbury wrote of the book, ""It touched and frightened me when I was twenty-four. Now, once more, it touches and frightens."" A struggling Depression-era artist encounters a young girl in a park who inspires him to paint portraits instead"
"The Dialogue of the Dogs The Dialogue of the Dogs (El Coloquio de los Perros) is <nowiki>""short story""</nowiki> coming from the fantasy world of Ensign Campuzano, a character from another short story The Deceitful Marriage (""El casamiento engañoso) written"" by the same author Miguel de Cervantes. It was originally published in 1613 in a collection called ""Exemplary Stories"" (""Novelas ejemplares"" ). Miguel de Cervantes (Saavedra) was born in Alcalá de Henares, a community of Madrid, on September 29, 1547. He was a novelist, a poet, a playwright and a soldier. One of the greatest authors of the Spanish literature, he"
"while living in Dutchess County, New York, in the mid-1830s. This iconic work is the only one that features a cat. The image is frequently reproduced and admired. It was featured on a United States postage stamp in 1998. Nicholas B.A. Nicholson wrote a novel told from the perspective of the depicted girl. Ken Johnson, an art critic for ""The New York Times"", has repeatedly praised the picture. In a review of the American Folk Art Museum's exhibition ""Self-Taught Genius"", Johnson contends that ""Girl in Red Dress with Cat and Dog"" is ""one of the most beautiful paintings made by"
"The Dogs Bark (anthology) The Dogs Bark: Public People and Private Places is an anthology of works by American author Truman Capote. It was published on September 12, 1973 and includes essays from ""Local Color"" and ""Observations"", as well as ""The Muses Are Heard"". The work is largely retrospective look at Truman Capote's life spanning the time frame from 1942 to 1972. The title, inspired by the author André Gide is taken from an Arab proverb: ""The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on."" Lis Harris when writing for ""The New Yorker"" said: ""Capote describes these pieces as ""silhouettes and"
"caught. He was also a popular political cartoonist for the Yale Daily News. As Contributing Artist Eric Shansby Eric Shansby, commonly known as Shansby, is an American cartoonist and children’s book illustrator. His cartoons appear in American news outlets, most prominently in ""The Washington Post"" alongside columns by humorist Gene Weingarten. Shansby is the illustrator of the children's book ""Me & Dog"". Shansby grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland. While a student at Montgomery Blair High School, Shansby met ""Washington Post"" writer Gene Weingarten when Weingarten gave a guest lecture in Shansby's journalism class. After Shansby's graduation, Weingarten asked him"
"breakfast and a restaurant. Although the castle is now in the guardianship of Cadw, its title is still with the house. Until recently Castle House was in the ownership of the Starke family, who had held it since the early 19th century, although it is now the private residence of David Thomas and Abi Thomas, daughter of the local artist David Petersen. The house has long had artistic links, as Dylan Thomas wrote ""Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog"" whilst staying at the house and Richard Hughes wrote ""In Hazard"" whilst living there. Castle House, Laugharne Castle House"
"purchase the portraits. In November 2013 it was announced that a £1.5million donation from the Eyal Ofer Family Foundation will enable the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London to acquire the two paintings. Portrait of a Large Dog Portrait of a Large Dog is an oil painting by George Stubbs. Depicting a dingo (""Canis lupus dingo""), it is the first depiction of an Australian animal in Western art, along with a painting of a kangaroo by Stubbs. It is part of the collection of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London. The work was commissioned by Joseph Banks based on"
"Stuart Tresilian Cecil Stuart Hazell Tresilian (1891-1974) was a British artist and illustrator, best known for his illustrations of children's books, including Rudyard Kipling's ""Animal Stories"" and ""All the Mowgli Stories"", and Enid Blyton's Adventure Series. He was born in Barton Regis, Gloucestershire, on 12 July 1891, and grew up in Islington, London, where his father worked as a colliery clerk. He became a professional vocalist, and later served in the Army Audit Department. He studied art at Regent Street Polytechnic, where he became a pupil teacher, and gained a scholarship to the Royal College of Art before the First"
"Thacher Hurd John Thacher Hurd (born March 6, 1949) is an American artist and the creator of children's picture books including ""Mama Don't Allow"" and ""Art Dog"". Thacher Hurd was born in Burlington, Vermont, the son of children's book creators Clement Hurd and Edith Thacher Hurd. He has referred in an interview to the ""wonderful aura of creativity"" surrounding his father and the Vermont farm that was their home. Margaret Wise Brown's 1949 ""My World"" is dedicated to the recently born Thacher by Brown. (The original dedication ""to Hiram Hurd"" was altered just before press to read ""to John Thacher"
"A Dog's Tale ""A Dog's Tale"" is a short story written by Mark Twain. It first appeared in the December 1903 issue of ""Harper's Magazine"". In January of the following year it was extracted into a stand-alone pamphlet published for the National Anti-Vivisection Society. Still later in 1904 it was expanded into a book published by Harper & Brothers. The book is told from the standpoint of a loyal household pet, a dog self-described by the first sentence of the story; ""My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am a Presbyterian."" The story begins"
"of his writing; and there is a certain shallowness to the collection because of it. It bulges, however, with sharp, subtle observations of people, fascinating reminiscences and travel jottings, wonderful sketches, anecdotes and yarns, and, among other things, the most frightening horror story you've ever heard. Not a deep plate of soup, perhaps, but a marvelously tasty one."" The Dogs Bark (anthology) The Dogs Bark: Public People and Private Places is an anthology of works by American author Truman Capote. It was published on September 12, 1973 and includes essays from ""Local Color"" and ""Observations"", as well as ""The Muses"
"The Stray Dog (short story collection) The Stray Dog (, ""Sag-e Velgard"") is a 1942 short story collection by Iranian author Sadegh Hedayat. ""The Stray Dog"" was first published by the Bazargani Nejat publication in Tehran in 1942. It consists of eight short stories and is Sadegh Hedayat's last short story collection. The exact writing time of these short stories is unknown today, however based on what Hadayat had written in his letters, it is believed that most of these short stories had been written before 1942. Before 1942, Hedayat wasn't able to publish anything, because of Reza Shah's censorship"
"with ""Interview with Dylan Dog"", written by Giordano Berti. In 1992, he was awarded the Bonaventura Award by Treviso Comix for reprints of paperboard Arnoldo Mondadori Editore dedicated to Dylan Dog. From 1981 to 1999, he taught at the School of Comics in Milan. Stano illustrated the Dylan Dog issue named ""La legione degli scheletri"" released in December 2012, in addition to the cover art. Angelo Stano Angelo Stano (born January 6, 1953) is an Italian comic book artist. He provided drawings for Dylan Dog, including for the first story. He is the series' current cover artist. Angelo Stano was"
"in publishing. Cummings' first book, ""Notes From The Underwire: Adventures from My Awkward and Lovely Life"" was published in July 2009. Her second book, ""The Year of Learning Dangerously"", which explores the current state of home schooling in America, was published by Penguin Books in August, 2012. ""Pet Sounds"", a collection of (mostly) humorous stories relating to animals and pet ownership was released in the summer of 2013. Academy Award Golden Globe Young Artist Award Quinn Cummings Quinn Louise Cummings (born August 13, 1967) is an American retired child actress, now writer and entrepreneur. She is possibly best known for"
"Sam Angus (writer) Samantha Angus (born 21 July 1967) is an English writer of historical adventure novels for children of nine and over. She is the author of four books, including ""Soldier Dog"", ""Captain"", ""A Horse Called Hero"", and ""The House on Hummingbird Island"". Her novels deal with some of the bleakest moments of British and colonial history. Her first novel ""Soldier Dog"", winner of the North East Book Award 2012, and longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal award, is the story of a lonely and bullied underage recruit and the Messenger Dog Service in the First World War. The"