"is found to have been absorbed in costs?"" ""Hem! I believe so,"" returned Mr. Kenge. ""Mr. Vholes, what do ""you"" say?"" ""I believe so,"" said Mr. Vholes. ""And that thus the suit lapses and melts away?"" ""Probably,"" returned Mr. Kenge. ""Mr. Vholes?"" ""Probably,"" said Mr. Vholes. In the preface to ""Bleak House"", Dickens cites two Chancery cases as especial inspirations, one of which was a ""friendly suit"": Based on an 1853 letter of Dickens, the first of these cases has been identified as the dispute over the will of Charles Day, a boot blacking manufacturer who died in 1836. Proceedings"
"Johnny Mackintosh Johnny Mackintosh is the fictional hero of a series of books by English novelist Keith Mansfield, published by Quercus Books. The first title in the series, ""Johnny Mackintosh and the Spirit of London"", opens on his thirteenth birthday and finds Johnny living in Halader House, a children’s home in the fictional town of Castle Dudbury, Essex, England. Johnny is portrayed as having blond hair, green eyes (inlaid with silver flecks) and pale skin, unblemished apart from a pattern of five freckles on the inside of his left arm in the shape of the constellation Cassiopeia (his ""Starmark""). He"
"likely both a tribute to Charles Lindbergh’s ""Spirit of St. Louis"" and an acknowledgement of the iconic status the Gherkin has gained as a symbol that represents the city of London. Johnny Mackintosh Johnny Mackintosh is the fictional hero of a series of books by English novelist Keith Mansfield, published by Quercus Books. The first title in the series, ""Johnny Mackintosh and the Spirit of London"", opens on his thirteenth birthday and finds Johnny living in Halader House, a children’s home in the fictional town of Castle Dudbury, Essex, England. Johnny is portrayed as having blond hair, green eyes (inlaid"
"this respect to novels such as ""The Lost Girl"" (1920) and ""Kangaroo"" (1923). Aldington notes that there are inconsistencies from page to page, concerning details such as the names and backgrounds of Lawrence's characters. In Aldington's view, the novel's chapters are ""improvised variations on Lawrence's own experience"", and satirize people Lawrence knew. Aldington sees the character Lilly as Lawrence himself, and Aaron as John Middleton Murry. He believes that the book's theme is Lawrence's gratification of his frustrated longing for an ""utterly obedient and subservient disciple."" Aldington criticizes the book's early chapters, writing that they have little or nothing of"
"million pounds. Charles Dickens published ""Bleak House"" between March 1852 and September 1853, where a key plot device was the ongoing legal case ""Jarndyce vs Jarndyce"", which has facts similar to this case. William Jennens William Jennens (possibly Jennings) (1701–1798), also known as William the Miser, William the Rich, and The Miser of Acton, was a reclusive financier who lived at Acton Place in the village of Acton, Suffolk, England. He was described as the ""richest commoner in England"" when he died unmarried and intestate with a fortune estimated at £2 million, worth in excess of £230 million at 2015"
"The Quincunx The Quincunx (The Inheritance of John Huffam) is the epic first novel of Charles Palliser. It takes the form of a Dickensian mystery set in early 19th century England, but Palliser has added the modern attributes of an ambiguous plot and unreliable narrators. Many of the puzzles that are apparently solved in the story have an alternative solution in the subtext. The novel begins in London with a secret meeting between two legal men. A bribe reveals the confidential details of a correspondent who is the link to a vital hidden document. Meanwhile, young John Mellamphy is growing"
"John Wyndham John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris (; 10 July 1903 – 11 March 1969) was an English science fiction writer best known for his works written using the pen name John Wyndham, although he also used other combinations of his names, such as John Beynon and Lucas Parkes. Some of his works were set in post-apocalyptic landscapes. His best known works include ""The Day of the Triffids"" (1951) and ""The Midwich Cuckoos"" (1957), the latter filmed twice as ""Village of the Damned"". Wyndham was born in the village of Dorridge near Knowle, Warwickshire (now West Midlands), England, the"
"reign of Charles II. William Wordsworth was a frequent visitor to Matlock; the Peak inspired several of his poems, including an 1830 sonnet to Chatsworth House. The village of Morton in Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel ""Jane Eyre"" is based on Hathersage, where Brontë stayed in 1845, and Thornfield Hall might have been inspired by nearby North Lees Hall. Snowfield in George Eliot's first novel ""Adam Bede"" (1859) is believed to be based on Wirksworth, where her uncle managed a mill; Ellastone (as Hayslope) and Ashbourne (as Oakbourne) also feature. Beatrix Potter, the author of Peter Rabbit, visited her uncle Edmund"
"craze. A popular misconception holds that the central character of Bunthorne, a ""Fleshly Poet,"" was intended to satirise Oscar Wilde, but this identification is retrospective. According to some authorities, Bunthorne is inspired partly by the poets Algernon Charles Swinburne and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who were considerably more famous than Wilde in early 1881 before Wilde published his first volume of poetry. Rossetti had been attacked for immorality by Robert Buchanan (under the pseudonym ""Thomas Maitland"") in an article called ""The Fleshly School of Poetry"", published in ""The Contemporary Review"" for October 1871, a decade before ""Patience"". Nonetheless, Wilde's biographer Richard"
"being raised by Miss Barbary, Lady Dedlock's sister. Esther does not know Miss Barbary is her aunt. After Miss Barbary dies, John Jarndyce becomes Esther's guardian and assigns the Chancery lawyer ""Conversation"" Kenge to take charge of her future. After attending school for six years, Esther moves in with him at Bleak House. Jarndyce simultaneously assumes custody of two other wards, Richard Carstone and Ada Clare (who are both his and one another's distant cousins). They are beneficiaries in one of the wills at issue in ""Jarndyce and Jarndyce""; their guardian is a beneficiary under another will, and the two"
"King James III by blowing up the royal palace; Mr. Slighcarp, the Sarah Casket's first mate, is part of the plot together with his sister Letitia, the villainess of ""The Wolves of Willoughby Chase"". Disbelieved by the other adults, Dido and Pen, with the help of Nate, attempt to disable the cannon, whose recoil would send the island of Nantucket crashing into New York City. Nightbirds on Nantucket Nightbirds on Nantucket is a children's novel by Joan Aiken, first published in 1966. Taking place in an alternate history, the story presents the further adventures of Dido Twite, an eleven-year-old Victorian"
"Defense"") is loosely based on the novel. The novel is also featured in this episode as the inspiration for the final twist. But the episode takes place in 1893, a year before the book was published in the novel form in which it is shown. Pudd'nhead Wilson Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) is a novel by American writer Mark Twain. Its central intrigue revolves around two boys—one, born into slavery, with 1/32 black ancestry; the other, white, born to be the master of the house. The two boys, who look similar, are switched at infancy. Each grows into the other's social role."
"and £450,000 (£ in modern pounds)). His will mentions his main residence as Harley House, Regent's Park. He also owned a country house at Edgware, remembered for its lodge in the shape of a boot blacking bottle. One bequest of £100,000 founded a charity for the blind. He also built alms houses at Edgware. His will, with five codicils, one of them invalid made just before his death, was heavily contested for several years, incurring huge legal costs. This real case is believed to have been an inspiration for the interminable dispute of ""Jarndyce and Jarndyce"" in Dickens's novel ""Bleak"
"Horse-Shoe Robinson Horse-Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory Ascendency is an 1835 novel by John P. Kennedy that was a popular seller in its day. The novel was Kennedy's second, and proved to be his most popular. It is a work of historical romance of the American Revolution, set in the western mountain areas of the Carolinas and Virginia, culminating at the Battle of Kings Mountain. The primary characters of the novel include Francis Marion, Banastre Tarleton, General Charles Cornwallis, Horseshoe Robinson (so named because he was originally a blacksmith), Mary Musgrove and her lover John Ramsay, Henry and"
"Chibnall's decision to set the show on the Jurassic Coast also helped him generate more ideas for the show and tighten the writing. For example, Dorset's most famous native son, poet and author Thomas Hardy, lent his last name to one of the main characters (DI Alec Hardy). Hardy's use of the term ""Wessex"" was used to name the fictional Wessex Police, and character Jack Marshall reads the Hardy novel ""Jude the Obscure"". The series' name also came from the Dorset setting. Chibnall invented the name ""Broadchurch"" based on two settlements in Dorset: ""I thought a lot about the literary"
"forced to stay away from Corrigan for the rest of his life. This realization saddens Charlie. Charlie goes to Eliza, who continues to watch the fire calmly, and whispers ""perfect words"" in her ear. Charlie Bucktin: The 13 year old protagonist and narrator of the novel. He is intellectual rather than athletic. This makes him somewhat of an outsider in Corrigan, where sporting ability is highly valued. He aspires to become a writer, and reads notable books during the course of the novel, including ""Pudd'nhead Wilson"" and ""To Kill a Mockingbird"". These books are the source of much of Charlie's"
"(1844), Heathcliff from Emily Brontë's ""Wuthering Heights"" (1847), and Rochester from Charlotte Brontë's ""Jane Eyre"" (1847) are other later 19th-century examples of Byronic heroes (McCarthy, 557). In later Victorian literature, the Byronic character only seemed to survive as a solitary figure, resigned to suffering (Harvey, 306). However, Charles Dickens' representation of the character is more complex than that. Steerforth in ""David Copperfield"" manifests the concept of the ""fallen angel"" aspect of the Byronic hero; his violent temper and seduction of Emily should turn the reader, and indeed David, against him. But it does not. He still retains a fascination, as"
"Yorkshire at the Pontefract, York and Wetherby racecourses predominantly. The first episode featured a young John Collings Snr as a member of the crowd. Sid Halley Sid Halley (John Sidney Halley) is a fictional character in four Dick Francis novels, ""Odds Against"", ""Whip Hand"", ""Come to Grief"", ""Under Orders"" and one follow-up book by Felix Francis, ""Refusal"". He is a former British jump racing Champion Jockey and private detective. He is the only central character to appear in more than two Francis novels, and one of only two to appear more than once. (The other is Kit Fielding of ""Break"
"the inspiration for the ""Jarndyce and Jarndyce"" case at the centre of the plot of ""Bleak House"" by Charles Dickens. Another Acton resident, Catherine Foster, was believed to be the last woman to be hanged at Bury St Edmunds, in 1847. At the age of 17 she poisoned her husband by putting arsenic in his dumplings. The propriety of this case was discussed in the House of Lords and reported in Hansard. Ronald Blythe, writer, essayist and editor, best known for his work ""Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village"", was born in the village. Acton, Suffolk Acton is a village"
"philosopher John Locke, the scientists Robert Boyle and Richard Lower, spymaster John Thurloe, inventor Samuel Morland and the Anglican cleric Thomas Ken, who was later Bishop of Bath and Wells. The plot is at first centred on the death of Robert Grove but later takes in the conspiracies of John Mordaunt and William Compton (of Compton Wynyates), and the politics of Henry Bennet and Lord Clarendon. Furthermore, the characters that are fictional are nonetheless drawn from real events. The story of Sarah Blundy incorporates that of Anne Greene, while Jack Prestcott is involved in events based on the life of"
"Thackeray and Charles Dickens (in 1863 and 1870, respectively), Eliot was ""generally recognised as the greatest living English novelist"" at the time of the novel's final publication. ""Middlemarch"" is centred on the lives of the residents of Middlemarch, a fictitious Midlands town, from 1829 onwards—the years preceding the 1832 Reform Act. The narrative is variably considered to consist of three or four plots of unequal emphasis: the life of Dorothea Brooke; the career of Tertius Lydgate; the courtship of Mary Garth by Fred Vincy; and the disgrace of Nicholas Bulstrode. The two main plots are those of Dorothea and Lydgate."
"crash when swerving to avoid collision with a truck, only four days before their planned wedding. Caddie makes a chance reacquaintance with Esther, who has been deserted by John, and has contracted tuberculosis. Against her wishes, Caddie's son enlists at the outbreak of World War II. Bill and Sonny go ""on the wallaby track"", searching remote areas for subsistence work. Caddie - central character and first person author, whose true name is not revealed in the book Terry - Caddie's son Anne - Caddie's daughter Esther - Caddie's friend Leslie - friend, barmaid Jon Marsh - Caddie's husband, estranged for"
"Lord of the Barnyard: Killing the Fatted Calf and Arming the Aware in the Corn Belt Lord of the Barnyard is a novel by Tristan Egolf. Somewhere in Kentucky, perhaps Indiana, we learn via third person narration about the life of John Kaltenbrunner. Essentially we follow the life of John and his unimaginably bad luck, until he meets a group that is even worse off - garbage men whom the town considers the lowest of the low - and so John decides to do something about it and starts up a trash-collection strike with horrific consequences. The novel was first"
"character list below for the supposed inspiration of individual characters). Although not a character, the ""Jarndyce and Jarndyce"" case is a vital part of the novel. It is believed to have been inspired by a number of real-life Chancery cases involving wills, including those of Charles Day and William Jennens, and of Charlotte Smith's father-in-law Richard Smith. Much criticism of ""Bleak House"" focuses on its unique narrative structure: it is told both by a third-person omniscient narrator and a first-person narrator (Esther Summerson). The omniscient narrator speaks in the present tense and is a dispassionate observer. Esther Summerson tells her"
"James are popular. Nigel Tranter wrote historical novels of celebrated Scottish warriors; Robert the Bruce in ""The Bruce Trilogy"", and William Wallace in ""The Wallace"" (1975), works noted by academics for their accuracy. John Wyndham wrote post-apocalyptic science fiction, his most notable works being ""The Day of the Triffids"" (1951), and ""The Midwich Cuckoos"" (1957). George Langelaan's ""The Fly"" (1957), is a science fiction short story. Science fiction novelist Arthur C. Clarke's """" (1968), is based on his various short stories, particularly ""The Sentinel"" (1951). His other major novels include ""Rendezvous with Rama"" (1972), and ""The Fountains of Paradise"" (1979)."
"Thornfield Hall Thornfield Hall is the home of the male romantic lead, Edward Fairfax Rochester, in the novel ""Jane Eyre"" by Charlotte Brontë, where much of the action takes place. Brontë uses the depiction of Thornfield in a manner consistent with the gothic tone of the novel as a whole. An isolated mansion of unspecified size, the house has a number of apparently unused rooms that become important to the narrative during the Bertha Mason passages. The Hall's gloomy character also expresses and amplifies the sense of Mr. Rochester's depression and malaise before he falls in love with Jane. In"
"to (or even a parody of) ""The Coral Island"", and Golding makes explicit references to it. At the end of the novel, for instance, one of the naval officers who rescues the children mentions the book, commenting on the hunt for one of their number, Ralph, as a ""jolly good show. Like the Coral Island"". Jack also makes an appearance in ""Lord of the Flies"" as Jack Merridew, representing the irrational nature of the boys. Indeed, Golding's three central characters – Ralph, Piggy and Jack – are caricatures of Ballantyne's heroes. Despite having enjoyed ""The Coral Island"" many times as"
"free Folly, a not so innocent beauty, from bondage. Jon-Tom and his motley crew press on, confronting a forest of Fungoid Frankensteins on the Muddletop Moors, a parrot pirate on the high seas, cannibal fairies in the enchanted canyon, and the evil wizard of Malderpot. They also ally with a shopkeep with a secret and a golden unicorn with his own. The Day of the Dissonance The Day of the Dissonance is a 1984 fantasy novel by American writer Alan Dean Foster. The book follows the continuing adventures of Jonathan Thomas Meriweather who is transported from our world into a"
"friend and schoolfellow, was their lodger. In ""A Tale of Two Cities"" (1859) Roger Cly, the Old Bailey informant, was buried in Old St Pancras Churchyard. The funeral over, later that night Jerry Cruncher and his companions went ""fishing"" (body snatching), trying unsuccessfully to 'resurrect' Cly. Robert Blincoe (1792–1860), on whose lifestory ""Oliver Twist"" (1838) may be based, was a child inmate at the St Pancras Workhouse. A central character in Dickens’ Our Mutual Friend (1865) is Nicodemus Boffin, nicknamed 'The Golden Dustman' because of the wealth he inherited from his old employer John Harmon, who had made his fortune"
"Jack the Ripper, Light-Hearted Friend Jack the Ripper, Light-Hearted Friend is a 1996 book by Richard Wallace in which Wallace proposed a theory that British author Lewis Carroll, whose real name was Charles L. Dodgson (1832–1898), and his colleague Thomas Vere Bayne (1829–1908) were responsible for the Jack the Ripper murders. This theory was based primarily on a number of anagrams derived from passages in two of Carroll's works, ""The Nursery ""Alice"""", an adaptation of ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"" for younger readers, and from the first volume of ""Sylvie and Bruno"". Carroll first published both works in 1889 and was"
"Johnny's mother dies from sulfur poisoning in 1923, demonstrating that some of the most valiant sacrifices of World War I came not from the front lines, but from the work force at home. Most people rate it a 4-5/5. This is because people say that this book's contents of the story is interesting and thrilling. Lord of the Nutcracker Men Lord of the Nutcracker Men is a novel by Canadian author Iain Lawrence that takes place in England during the first year of World War I. The book was first published in October 2001 by the Delacorte Press, and it"
"Lord of Scoundrels Lord of Scoundrels is a Regency romance novel by American author Loretta Chase. Published in 1995 by Avon Books, it is the third installment of her ""Débauchés"" series. Set in 1828, the story follows the Marquess of Dain, a half-English half-Italian aristocrat known as ""Lord Beelzebub"" and the ""Lord of Scoundrels"" for his unscrupulous, immoral behavior. Hardened due to a difficult childhood, Dain meets his match in Jessica Trent, a 27-year-old bluestocking more than capable of trading wits with him. Chase had a love for Italian culture, and decided that this background would provide ample motivation for"
"Aldiss, another British science fiction writer, disparagingly labelled some of them ""cosy catastrophes"", especially ""The Day of the Triffids"", but the critic L.J. Hurst pointed out that in ""Triffids"" the main character witnesses several murders, suicides and misadventures, and is frequently in mortal danger himself. Notes Citations John Wyndham John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris (; 10 July 1903 – 11 March 1969) was an English science fiction writer best known for his works written using the pen name John Wyndham, although he also used other combinations of his names, such as John Beynon and Lucas Parkes. Some of his"