"be introduced into society. Pip and Herbert build up debts. Mrs Joe dies and Pip returns to his village for the funeral. Pip's income is fixed at £500 per annum when he comes of age at twenty-one. With the help of Jaggers' clerk, Wemmick, Pip plans to help advance Herbert's future prospects by anonymously securing him a position with the shipbroker, Clarriker's. Pip takes Estella to Satis House. She and Miss Havisham quarrel over Estella's coldness. In London, Bentley Drummle outrages Pip, by proposing a toast to Estella. Later, at an Assembly Ball in Richmond, Pip witnesses Estella meeting Bentley"
"later described by Cecil Day-Lewis, author of gentleman detective Nigel Strangeways, as an ""unspeakable public school bully"". The novel ""Bulldog Drummond"" begins when Drummond places an advertisement in a newspaper looking for adventure to lift the ennui of his life in post-war London. The response comes from Phyllis Benton, who is concerned for the health and well-being of her father, over whom Henry Lakington and Carl Peterson have a hold. At the end of the novel Drummond and Phyllis marry, and remain married throughout the course of the McNeile and Fairlie series of books, in contrast to the films, which"
"""a brutalized ex-officer whose thirst for excitement is also an attempt to reenact the war"". The character was later described by Cecil Day-Lewis, author of rival gentleman detective Nigel Strangeways, as an ""unspeakable public school bully"". Drummond's main adversary across four novels is Carl Peterson, a master criminal with no national allegiance, who is often accompanied by his wife, Irma. Irma is described by Jonathon Green as ""the slinky epitome of a twenties 'vamp, and by Lawrence Treadwell as dark, sexy and from an oriental background, ""a true ""femme fatale"""". After Carl Peterson's death in ""The Final Count"", Irma swears"
"– The main character in the book. A thin 10-year-old boy. He is called 'Measle' because wrathmonks enjoy confusing people by rearranging words. When his parents appear again he learns his real name (Sam Lee), but he still prefers to be called Measle. Basil Tramplebone – The villain in the book. He is a ""wrathmonk"", which is a warlock that has gone mad or insane. He is the legal guardian of Measle Stubbs. He is also after the money that Measle is supposed to inherit from his ""dead"" parents. Described as thin, tall, and has black hair that is kept"
"for his 1920 novel ""Bulldog Drummond"". McNeile went on to write ten Drummond novels, four short stories, four stage plays and a screenplay before his death in 1937. The stories were continued by his friend Gerard Fairlie between 1938 and 1954. Drummond is a First World War veteran, brutalised by his experiences in the trenches and bored with his post-war lifestyle. He publishes an advertisement looking for adventure, and soon finds himself embroiled in a series of exploits, many of which involve Carl Peterson—who becomes his nemesis—and Peterson's mistress, the femme fatale Irma. After his first adventure Drummond marries his"
"considers that instead, he comes across as ""a murderous exponent of a fierce competitive individualism"". The first four books deal with Drummond against Carl Peterson, who becomes Drummond's arch-enemy. Peterson is also a master of disguise and uses several aliases. Peterson is killed in the fourth book, ""The Final Count"", although Fairlie brings him back for his final novel, ""The Return of the Black Gang"". Drummond forms a grudging respect for Peterson, and offers an honourable duel to the death at the end of ""The Third Round"", instead of the usual summary justice that normally befalls members of Peterson's gang."
"her own lack of confidence at reading and the fact that the pet caterpillar of Morris, the third keeper, has eaten at some of the pages in the book). The ""baddie"" of the story is Charn, ""The Evil One"", who wants to hijack the Veetacore for his own evil purposes, and who it is implied triggered the original 'explosion' of the Veetacore in the first place. Fortunately, the inability to read also afflicts Charn, allowing Jenny to display a written message to her friends when Charn forbids her to divulge his presence (She tricked Charn into allowing her to knit"
"can aspire to gentility. Bentley Drummle, however, embodies the social ideal, so that Estella marries him without hesitation. Another theme of ""Great Expectations"" is that Pip can undergo ""moral regeneration."" In chapter 39, the novel's turning point, Magwitch visits Pip to see the gentleman he has made, and once the convict has hidden in Herbert Pocket's room, Pip realises his situation: To cope with his situation and his learning that he now needs Magwitch, a hunted, injured man who traded his life for Pip's. Pip can only rely on the power of love for Estella Pip now goes through a"
"of the heroines of Atwood's novels, Rennie is addicted to negative relationships. She feels ""hooked like a junkie"" to her relationship with Jake, and becomes unable to distinguish between sadomasochism and genuine aggression. Bodily Harm (novel) Bodily Harm is a novel by Margaret Atwood. It was first published by McClelland and Stewart in 1981. The novel's protagonist Rennie Wilford is a travel reporter. After surviving breast cancer, she travels to the fictional Caribbean island St. Antoine to carry out research for an article. The island, however, is on the brink of revolution. Rennie tries to stay away from politics, but"
"found peace dull"" after service during the First World War with the fictional Loamshire Regiment. Drummond went on to appear in ten full-length novels by McNeile and a further seven by his friend Gerard Fairlie. The character was an amalgam of Fairlie, himself, and his idea of an English gentleman. Drummond also had roots in the literary characters Sherlock Holmes, Sexton Blake, Richard Hannay and The Scarlet Pimpernel. Drummond was characterised as large, very strong, physically unattractive and an ""apparently brainless hunk of a man"", who was also a gentleman with a private income; he could also be construed as"
"as ""Squelchies"". Grimly Feendish Grimly Feendish (alias The Rottenest Crook in the World) is a British comic book character who originated in Leo Baxendale's comic ""Eagle-Eye, Junior Spy"" in 1964, published in the magazine Wham!. He is Eagle-Eye's nemesis and functions as a creepy but amusing comic book villain. The character became so popular that between 1966 and 1969 and 1973 he had his own spin-off comic, ""Grimley Feendish"" in Wham! and later Smash!. He was created by Leo Baxendale. Grimly's first appearance was in Wham! #4 (11 July 1964, Odhams Press). His goal is, of course, world domination which"
"a class of Englishman who were patriotic, loyal and ""physically and morally intrepid"". Drummond is a wealthy gentleman, formerly an officer in the fictional ""Royal Loamshire Regiment"", who, after the First World War, spends his new-found leisure time looking for adventure. McNeile first wrote the Drummond character as a detective for a short story in ""The Strand Magazine"", but the portrayal was not successful and was changed for the novel ""Bull-dog Drummond"", which was a thriller. The character was an amalgam of McNeile's friend Gerard Fairlie, and his idea of an English gentleman, although writer J.D. Bourn disputes Fairlie's claim"
"work Fleming abhorred; Sir Hugo Drax, the antagonist of ""Moonraker"", was named after Fleming's acquaintance Admiral Sir Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax; Drax's assistant, Krebs, bears the same name as Hitler's last Chief of Staff; and one of the homosexual villains from ""Diamonds Are Forever"", ""Boofy"" Kidd, was named after one of Fleming's close friends—and a relative of his wife—Arthur Gore, 8th Earl of Arran, known as Boofy to his friends. Fleming's first work of non-fiction, ""The Diamond Smugglers"", was published in 1957 and was partly based on background research for his fourth Bond novel, ""Diamonds Are Forever"". Much of the"
"Bodily Harm (novel) Bodily Harm is a novel by Margaret Atwood. It was first published by McClelland and Stewart in 1981. The novel's protagonist Rennie Wilford is a travel reporter. After surviving breast cancer, she travels to the fictional Caribbean island St. Antoine to carry out research for an article. The island, however, is on the brink of revolution. Rennie tries to stay away from politics, but is drawn into events through her romance with Paul, a key player in the uprising, and ends up in a survival struggle. A major theme of ""Bodily Harm"" is power. As in many"
"asks Estella (rather bitterly) why she never displays such affection with him. This exchange suggests that Estella feels at least a modicum of love for Pip, as does the fact that in his presence, she never pretends to be anything but what she is. Rather than achieve the intended effect, this honest behaviour only frustrates Pip. It is implied that Drummle abuses Estella during their relationship and that she is very unhappy. However, by the end of the book, Drummle has been killed by a horse he has allegedly abused. The references to Drummle's marriage and death are conjectural, and"
"various crimes in order to donate large sums of money to charity. The Wrinklies' archenemies were a corrupt judge Percy ""Beastly"" Priestly and his monstrous fiancée Lavina McScrew aka Gestapo Lil. Harry has a dog called Tangle. In the second series, Lil brings along her niece Katie to spy on the Wrinklies and to befriend Harry. In the third and final series, Percy invites his brother Piggy to help out with his and Lil's scheming plans while Percy is in prison. By the start of Series 3 Percy Priestly is in Prison and his brother Mr Piggy stays with Lil"
"the eighth son of an eighth son, the child of the smith of the village of Bad Ass in Lancre. The midwife, Granny Weatherwax, tries to point out that they are making a mistake but Billet and the new father ignore her. As a result, the staff and its power are transferred to a girl, Eskarina Smith (""Esk""). Later in the book he has been reincarnated as an ant living under Unseen University. The name is a pleonasm, as ""Drum"" is slang for ""House"" in some English dialects, and ""Billet"" is a (more typically) military term for housing. Hence his"
"[for] being the first to depict a reanimated mummy as a sinister, dangerous creature."" It was also the first work of fiction to feature a modern man reviving a mummy with ancient Egyptian texts as opposed to electricity. Emily Adler notes that Doyle's story predates Bram Stoker's ""Dracula"" (1897) and Richard Marsh's ""The Beetle"" (1897) in its portrayal of foreign monsters invading Britain. McGregor identifies the short story as a significant influence on other mummy-related media, such as Stoker's novel ""The Jewel of Seven Stars"" (1903) and the Boris Karloff film ""The Mummy"" (1932), as well as zombie fiction. Bradley"
"moral superiority of Christianity over Judaism: of the two Jewish characters in the novel, one – Miriam – is consistently malevolent, and the other – Raphael – abandons his home to become a disillusioned wandering Jew before converting to Christianity. The portrayal of Greco-Roman paganism in the novel is likewise negative: thus when Orestes attempts a pagan revival in Alexandria, he does so by restoring the spectacle and butchery of the gladiatorial arena. Kingsley also devotes parts of the novel to expounding Neoplatonism and explaining its apparent flaws. Kingsley expresses a view of the superiority of northern Europeans in his"
"Brett Barkley, while in """", written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill, a thinly disguised, elderly version of Drummond, called ""Hugo Drummond"", is one of the three Secret Service agents tasked to hunt down the heroes of the piece. The Drummond series proved popular with contemporary audiences, with ""Bulldog Drummond"" selling 396,302 copies between 1920 and 1939, exceeding the 100,000-copy benchmark for ""best-sellers"". At his peak in the 1920s, McNeile was the highest-paid short-story writer in the world, and it was estimated that in the last five years of his life he was earning around £10,000 a year;"
"against the forces of Saint Dane, a shapeshifting demon, who exploits a decisive turning point for the local people of each territory. At this turning point, Saint Dane steps in to guide the territory towards utter chaos, with Bobby and his allies attempting to stop his efforts. The novels use a first-person perspective through Bobby's handwritten journal entries, in which he recounts the events of his adventures to his loyal friends back home, Courtney Chetwynde and Mark Dimond, as well as a third-person narrative to tell the stories of characters other than Bobby—often, Courtney and Mark themselves. Each book of"
"academically. The Dana girls' principal recurring antagonists are the school bully, Lettie Briggs, the wealthiest girl at Starhurst, and her lackey, or shadow, Ina Mason. Lettie and Ina frequently attempt to solve the Dana girls' cases themselves while throwing their rivals off the scent; these attempts invariably fail and redound to Lettie and Ina's profound discredit. Lettie becomes angry in the first volume upon not receiving the room assignment of her choice in favor of the Danas, and serves as a rival (unsuccessfully) and prankster. Most of her pranks are to discredit the Danas scholastically, athletically, morally, or slander their"
"devil; Furrball, a blue cat; Sweetie Pie, a pink canary; Calamity Coyote, a bluish-gray coyote; Little Beeper, a red-orange roadrunner; and Gogo Dodo, a zany green dodo. Two human characters, Montana Max and Elmyra Duff, are regarded as the main villains of the series and also are students of Acme Looniversity. As villains, Elmyra is seen as an extreme pet lover while Montana Max is a spoiled rich brat who either owns lots of toys or polluting factories. Supporting characters included Li'l Sneezer, a gray mouse with powerful sneezes; Concord Condor, a purple condor; Byron Basset, a usually sleeping basset"
"""femme fatale"""". After Carl Peterson's death in ""The Final Count"", Irma swears revenge on Drummond and kidnaps his wife—whom he had met in ""Bulldog Drummond""—with the intent of killing him in the ensuing chase. Irma Peterson appears in six of McNeile's books, and in a further five by Fairlie. All were published through Hodder & Stoughton. Drummond has also appeared in other works. In 1983 Jack Smithers wrote the spoof ""Combined Forces"", and in 1990 Kim Newman—under the name Jack Yeovil—wrote the short story ""Pitbull Brittan"", which features Drummond. These short stories are all by McNeile. McNeile and Gerald du"
"dismissal for incompetence. Soon afterwards, Penelope also disappears, and Malcolm traces her to a secret germ warfare laboratory on a remote island in Scotland run by the British government. She is sick with a new mutant bacteria and is being denied medical treatment as it would be a security risk. Malcolm escapes with her to the United States, where she recovers; however, Malcolm discovers that he was also infected with a new disease and has less than a year remaining to live. The Enemy (Bagley novel) The Enemy is a first person narrative espionage thriller novel by English author Desmond"
"for a brief part of one chapter. Miss Palmer is the nurse of the Happy Dale Mental Hospital. She's a very mean person, and she hates Brian. Later on in the story it's discovered that she's Tarantula in disguise. She tries to make Brian crazy, and gives him a hallucinogen, and a knife, to force him to kill someone. Note that characters marked as playable are not by player selection. The active character is determined by where you have progressed to in the storyline. The PC version received ""generally favorable reviews"", while the DS and iOS versions received ""mixed or"
"Master,"" ""The City of Doom,"" and ""Voodoo Trail""); Bernard Stark, the Prince of Evil (""The Prince of Evil,"" ""The Murder Genius,"" ""The Man Who Died Twice,"" and ""The Devil's Paymaster,"" all written by Theodore Tinsley); and the Wasp (""The Wasp"" and ""The Wasp Returns""). The only recurring criminal organization he fought was the Hand (""The Hand,"" ""Murder for Sale,"" ""Chicago Crime,"" ""Crime Rides the Sea,"" and ""Realm of Doom""), where he defeated one Finger of the organization in each book. In addition, the villain King Kauger from the Shadow story ""Wizard of Crime"" is also the unseen mastermind behind the"
"Diesel (Thomas & Friends) ""Devious"" Diesel is a British Rail Class 08 diesel shunting locomotive, originating from ""The Other Railway"". The character appeared in The Railway Series books, ""Duck and the Diesel Engine"" and ""Thomas and the Evil Diesel"", and also appears as the primary antagonist in the television series, ""Thomas & Friends"". When Diesel came on trial to the North Western Railway, Duck was asked to show him around. Duck was unimpressed by Diesel's claims of being ""revolutionary"" and left him to his own devices. As a result, Diesel was made into a laughing stock by the trucks for"
"Black Butler The series follows Ciel Phantomhive, a thirteen-year-old boy (as of chapter 14) head of the Phantomhive household, an aristocratic family known as the Queen's Guarddog. He is tasked with solving crimes in London's underworld. Ciel has formed a contract with Sebastian Michaelis to seek revenge against those who tortured him and murdered his parents. Sebastian is a demon who has taken on the disguise of a butler, and in exchange for his services, he will be allowed to consume Ciel's soul. The series has been licensed by Yen Press in North America and published in ""Yen Press"" August"
"the main antagonists in the book, Wyrm and Cockatrice. While Chauntecleer spends his days dealing with a rogue rat that has invaded his coop, and trying to become accustomed to a newcomer, Mundo Cani, a depressed dog that is always crying out in anguish, the reader is shown another country from across the river. This is where the author introduces the evil in the book. For in the land away from Chauntecleer's there lives another rooster named Senex. He is a rather weak ruler, and his barnyard subjects don't think anything of him. What troubles Senex the most is his"
"contract was formed, the demon places a contact symbol referred to as the Faustian contract symbol on Ciel's right eye, giving it a purple hue. After the formation of the contract, the demon reveals he will consume Ciel's soul as payment for helping him achieve his goal; revenge on those who brought down The House of Phantomhive. Afterwards Ciel names the demon Sebastian Michaelis, after his childhood dog which is ironic since Sebastian on multiple occasions states he detests dogs and is more of a cat person. Written and drawn by Yana Toboso, the chapters of ""Black Butler"" have been"
"of acknowledgment that he belonged to the Other Railway and has remained on the North Western Railway ever since. Diesel (Thomas & Friends) ""Devious"" Diesel is a British Rail Class 08 diesel shunting locomotive, originating from ""The Other Railway"". The character appeared in The Railway Series books, ""Duck and the Diesel Engine"" and ""Thomas and the Evil Diesel"", and also appears as the primary antagonist in the television series, ""Thomas & Friends"". When Diesel came on trial to the North Western Railway, Duck was asked to show him around. Duck was unimpressed by Diesel's claims of being ""revolutionary"" and left"
"of it have omitted the pictures. The story focuses on a nine-year-old boy named Peter Warren Hatcher and his relationship with his two-and-a-half-year-old brother, Farley Drexel ""Fudge"" Hatcher. Farley hates the sound of his legal name, and prefers Fudge for any and all occasions. The book focuses on 9-year-old 4th grader Peter Hatcher's frustration with the horrendous behavior demonstrated by his annoying 2½-year-old brother, Fudge, who frequently goes unpunished. Peter becomes frustrated with Fudge because he often disturbs Dribble, Peter's pet turtle, which Peter won at his best friend Jimmy Fargo's birthday party. Furthermore, Fudge throws nonstop temper tantrums, goes"