'Arthur Clennam', 'Jeremiah Flintwinch', and 'Edward Sparkler' are all characters in which Dickens' novel?
"in contrast, had never previously acted on screen; she was cast after writing to the production team claiming to 'be' Little Dorrit. It was her only acting role. ""Little Dorrit"" lasts nearly six hours and was released in two parts, of approximately three hours each. The first part was subtitled ""Nobody's Fault"", an allusion to one of Dickens' proposed titles for the original novel, and the story developed from the perspective and experiences of the Arthur Clennam character. The second film, entitled ""Little Dorrit's Story"", took many of the same events and presented them through the eyes of the heroine."
"that Edith will marry Hart, just as Philip will marry Elnora. The central character of Stratton-Porter's previous novel, Freckles, is a man whose job it is to patrol and guard valuable timber trees in the Limberlost Swamp. Freckles appears in ""Girl of the Limberlost"" as a friend of Elnora. In the film Freckles is an owl. This partial list of characters is taken from the novel, p. xiv. Five characters undergo rather harsh development of character: Katharine Comstock, Margaret Sinton, Philip Ammon, Edith Carr, and Elnora herself. Widely read and popular, the novel brought fame to Stratton-Porter. The full text"
"Samuel Richardson (1689–1761), author of the epistolary novels ""Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded"" (1740) and ""Clarissa"" (1747–48); Henry Fielding (1707–1754), who wrote ""Joseph Andrews"" (1742) and ""The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling"" (1749); Laurence Sterne (1713–1768), who published ""Tristram Shandy"" in parts between 1759 and 1767; Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774), author of ""The Vicar of Wakefield"" (1766); Tobias Smollett (1721–1771), a Scottish novelist best known for his comic picaresque novels, such as ""The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle"" (1751) and ""The Expedition of Humphry Clinker"" (1771), who influenced Charles Dickens; and Fanny Burney (1752–1840), whose novels ""were enjoyed and admired by Jane"
"The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack is a steampunk novel by British writer Mark Hodder, the first novel in the ""Burton & Swinburne"" series; it won the 2010 Philip K. Dick Award. The series follows the adventures of two Victorian-era protagonists based on two historical figures, Richard Francis Burton and Algernon Charles Swinburne, in mid-late 19th Century London. The series is framed as an alternate history, and takes place in actual locations such as the Cannibal Club and London's East End, involving many notable personalities of the era, such as Florence Nightingale, Charles Darwin,"
"Stoker's Dracula stories. In the collection of works entitled ""Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories"", first published after Stoker's death, in the tale called ""Crooken Sands"", Mr Markham has asked his companion if he saw someone else dressed in the same manner as his own. The reply given was that there had not been any such fool since the time of Jamie Fleeman, the Laird of Udny's Fool. The fictional character of Davie Gellatley who appears in the 1814 novel ""Waverley"" by Sir Walter Scott is thought to be based on Fleeman. Gellatley is characterised as an 'innocent' and a"
"his leadership. Rannoch escapes from the herd, but deep down in his heart, he knows that he must return, to unite the deer, and end Sgorr's reign of terror. Richard Adams, author of the classic ""Watership Down"", called ""Fire Bringer"" 'one of the best anthropomorphic fantasies known to him'. It was long-listed as a first novel for the Carnegie Medal in the UK. ""Fire Bringer"" and ""The Sight"" have received starred Kirkus Reviews, Famils Awards in the US, and made him a Booksense 76 Collection choice. Clement-Davies's second novel, ""The Sight"", is set in Transylvania (modern-day Romania), and is about"
"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)."
"was ""A Burnable Book"" in 2014. This was set in fourteenth-century England during the reign of King Richard II, and has Holsinger's protagonist John Gower—at the instigation of Geoffrey Chaucer—hunt down a supposedly revolutionary book, in which a series of poems predict the deaths of the kings of England. One of the most prominent characters is one ""Edgar Rykener""—who is in-universe also called Eleanor—a man who dresses as a woman and has sex for money. This inclusion, says Holsinger, is directly based on the real-life case of John Rykener, which also occurred in 1394, the year Holsinger sets the events"
"Elwin Ransom Elwin Ransom is the prominent character from C. S. Lewis's ""The Space Trilogy"" series. He is the main character in the books ""Out of the Silent Planet"" and ""Perelandra"", which are told almost entirely from his point of view. He is also a major character in the third book, ""That Hideous Strength"", in which he plays a director of an organization resisting the demonic take-over of the world, though his role is that of mentor in the book, with the main characters arguably being Mark and Jane Studdock. Lewis' books belong to the unique genre which can be"
"Clennam when he's making inquiries into the Dorrits. Dickens' London Charles Dickens' works are especially associated with London which is the setting for many of his novels. These works do not just use London as a backdrop but are about the city and its character. Dickens described London as a Magic lantern, a popular entertainment of the Victorian era, which projected images from slides. Of all Dickens' characters 'none played as important a role in his work as that of London itself', it fired his imagination and made him write. In a letter to John Forster, in 1846, Dickens wrote"
"The Dark World The Dark World is a science fantasy novel by Henry Kuttner, which was one of the influences of ""The Chronicles of Amber"" by Roger Zelazny. The novel was first published in the July 1946 issue of ""Startling Stories"", then reprinted in the Winter 1954 issue of ""Fantastic Story Magazine"". Its first book edition was issued by Ace in 1965, followed by a British paperback from Mayflower Books in 1966. A French translation appeared in 1972. The novel was also collected in a 1997 paperback omnibus, ""The Startling Worlds of Henry Kuttner"". The protagonist is airman Edward Bond,"
"""Kepler"" (1981), and ""The Newton Letter"" (1982). He said he became interested in Kepler and other men of science after reading Arthur Koestler's ""The Sleepwalkers."" He realized that, like him, scientists were trying to impose order in their work. The second trilogy, sometimes referred to collectively as ""Frames"", consists of ""The Book of Evidence"" (1989), with several of its characters being featured in ""Ghosts"" (1993); ""Athena"" (1995) is the third to feature an unreliable narrator and explore the power of works of art. The third trilogy consists of ""Eclipse"", ""Shroud"" and ""Ancient Light"", all of which concern the characters Alexander"
"Edward Dickens Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens (13 March 1852 – 23 January 1902) was the youngest son of English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine. He immigrated to Australia at the age of 16, and eventually entered politics, serving as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1889 to 1894. He died in poverty at the age of 49. Nicknamed ""Plorn"", Dickens was clearly named after Edward Bulwer-Lytton — nowadays much satirised for the famous opening line of his 1830 novel ""Paul Clifford"", ""It was a dark and stormy night"" — and educated at Tunbridge Wells"
"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."
"inherent within the new social structure of Britain through comic picaresque novels. His ""The Adventures of Roderick Random"" (1748) is the first major novel written in English to have a Scotsman as hero, and the multinational voices represented in the narrative confront Anglocentric prejudices only two years after the Battle of Culloden. ""The Expedition of Humphry Clinker"" (1771) brings together characters from the extremes of Britain to question how cultural and linguistic differences can be accommodated within the new British identity, and influenced Charles Dickens. Richard Cumberland wrote patriotic comedies depicting characters taken from the ""outskirts of the empire,"" and"
"""Harlequin"", as well as in the 2007 Ken Follett novel ""World Without End"", the sequel to ""Pillars of the Earth"". Edward also appears briefly in ""The First Princess of Wales"" by Karen Harper. Cultural depictions of Edward III of England Edward III of England is the central character in the play ""Edward III"", sometimes attributed to William Shakespeare. He also appears as a boy in ""Edward II"" by Christopher Marlowe. Edward is also the protagonist of William Blake's early drama ""Edward the Third"", part of his ""Poetical Sketches"", published in 1783. George Bernard Shaw portrayed Edward for dramatic purposes as,"
"Other Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories"" (1973) collects the title story and four other short works: ""Hunter Come Home"", ""The Secret Place"", ""Mine Own Ways"", and ""Fiddler's Green"". The collections ""The Sons of Martha"" and ""The Left Handed Monkey Wrench"" were also published posthumously. McKenna suffered a heart attack and died at his Chapel Hill N.C. home on November 4, 1964, at age 51. Richard McKenna Richard Milton McKenna (May 9, 1913 – November 1, 1964) was an American sailor and novelist. He was best known for his historical novel, ""The Sand Pebbles"" which tells the story of an American"
"Magwitch, a main character of Charles Dickens' 1861 novel ""Great Expectations"". The most famous convict novel is Marcus Clarke's ""For the Term of His Natural Life"" (1874), followed by John Boyle O'Reilly's ""Moondyne"" (1879). ""The Broad Arrow"" by Caroline Woolmer Leakey was one of the first novels to depict the convict experience, and one of the only to feature a female convict as its protagonist (Marcus Clarke drew on Leakey's book in writing ""For the Term of His Natural Life""). Thomas Keneally explores the convict era in his novels ""Bring Larks and Heroes"" (1967) and ""The Playmaker"" (1987). Convicts feature"
"Pennsylvania. Heligman is a children's writer whose focus is also nonfiction. They live in New York City with their two sons, Aaron and Benjamin. Deborah Heiligman's book about Emma Darwin and her relationship with Charles, ""Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith"" (Henry Holt, January 2009)—""for Middle Readers and Young Adults""—won the inaugural YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults from the American young-adult librarians, as the year's best nonfiction book. It was the runner-up among all young-adult books based on literary merit (Printz Award), as well as for the National Book Award. Jonathan Weiner Jonathan Weiner"
"of the Artist as a Young Man"". The most recent novel in the list is William Kennedy's ""Ironweed"", published in 1983; the oldest is ""The Way of All Flesh"" by Samuel Butler, which was written between 1873 and 1884, but not published until 1902. Joseph Conrad's ""Heart of Darkness"", serialized in 1899, is the only novel published in the 19th century; it was later republished in book form during 1902. Conrad has four novels on the list, the most of any author. William Faulkner, E. M. Forster, Henry James, James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, and Evelyn Waugh each have three"
"winning novel ""Knight Crusader"" is set in the 12th century and gives a depiction of the Third Crusade, featuring the Christian leader and King of England Richard the Lionheart. Nigel Tranter also wrote historical novels of celebrated Scottish warriors; Robert the Bruce in ""The Bruce Trilogy"". The murder mysteries of both Ruth Rendell and P. D. James are popular crime fiction. John Wyndham wrote post-apocalyptic science fiction, his most notable works being ""The Day of the Triffids"" (1951), and ""The Midwich Cuckoos"" (1957). Other important writers in this genre are Sir Arthur C. Clarke """", Brian Aldiss, and Michael Moorcock."
"John Constable, Joseph Wright of Derby, John Martin (""Landscape with a Castle""), J.M.W. Turner, Samuel Palmer, Ford Madox Brown, James McNeill Whistler ("")"". ""The Canterbury Tales"" and the novels ""Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded"" (Pamela Andrews, Mr B), ""The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle"" (Jack Hatchway, Commodore Trunnion), ""Tristram Shandy"", ""A Sentimental Journey"" (Parson Yorick), ""The Mill on the Floss"", ""Wuthering Heights"" (Catherine Earnshaw).<br> 16. A long poem in the style of William Blake, celebrating English poetry from Cædmon to Ernest Dowson.<br> 18. ""Le Morte d'Arthur"" (Fisher King, Merlin). T.S. Eliot Reaction to the novel was largely negative. Many critics found Ackroyd's"
"his career. This afforded the author a variety of origin stories. In one of these, a medical student named Dr Chillingworth applies galvanism to Varney's hanged corpse and revives him. This sub-plot parallels the earlier story of ""Frankenstein"" by Mary Shelley and film adaptations which introduce electricity as Dr Frankenstein's means of creating the monster. Scholars like A. Asbjørn Jøn have noted that ""Varney"" was a major influence on later vampire fiction, including the renowned novel ""Dracula"" (1897) by Bram Stoker. Many of today's standard vampire tropes originated in ""Varney"": Varney has fangs, leaves two puncture wounds on the necks"
"examples appear in Rand's mature work, specifically in the novella ""Anthem"" (1938) and the novels ""The Fountainhead"" (1943) and ""Atlas Shrugged"" (1957). Equality 7-2521, the protagonist of Rand's dystopian novella, ""Anthem"", is a man with a quick and inquisitive mind who is forced by the leaders of his collectivist society to work as a street sweeper. Witnessing a rebel being burned at the stake, Equality recognizes a common spirit. In defiance against the edicts of his fellows, he manages to rediscover electricity, a technology that had been lost by the dystopian society of the story. He flees the collectivist society"
"has a track named ""Perelandra"". The Space Trilogy The Space Trilogy or Cosmic Trilogy is a series of science fiction novels by C. S. Lewis, famous for his later series ""The Chronicles of Narnia"". A philologist named Elwin Ransom is the hero of the first two novels and an important character in the third. The books in the trilogy are: In 1946, the publishing house Avon (now an imprint of HarperCollins) published a version of ""That Hideous Strength"" specially abridged by C. S. Lewis entitled ""The Tortured Planet"". An unfinished manuscript published posthumously in 1977, named ""The Dark Tower"" by"
"sunken, circled, and uncannily glowing, the forehead veined and corrugated, and the hands tremulous and twitching."" In the first draft of the story, Lovecraft called the character Henry Annesley; he replaced that name with one composed of two old Providence surnames. In ""The Case of Charles Dexter Ward"", Lovecraft mentions ""the seasoned salts who manned … the great brigs of the Browns, Crawfords, and Tillinghasts""; James Tillinghast and Eliza Tillinghast are minor characters in that story. S. T. Joshi points out that the story's theme of ""a reality beyond that revealed to us by the senses, or that which we"
"A Double Barrelled Detective Story A Double Barreled Detective Story is a short story/novelette by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), in which Sherlock Holmes finds himself in the American west. The story contains two arcs of revenges. In the primary arc, a rich young woman is abused, humiliated and abandoned by her new husband, Jacob Fuller, whom she married against the wishes of her father. The young Fuller resents her father's rejection and dismissal of him as a neer-do-well and resolves to exact his revenge by mis-treating his new bride. After his abandonment, she bears a son who she names Archy"
"Dickens is also critical of the lack of a social safety net, the treatment and safety of industrial workers, as well the bureaucracy of the British Treasury, in the form of his fictional ""Circumlocution Office"". In addition he satirises the stratification of society that results from the British class system. The novel begins in Marseilles ""thirty years ago"" (c. 1826), with the notorious murderer Rigaud telling his cellmate John Baptiste Cavalletto how he killed his wife. Arthur Clennam is detained in Marseilles with a group of travellers in quarantine. He meets new friends in the quarantine. He is returning to"
"are reminiscent of Dick's early novel ""Eye in the Sky"". The one constant throughout is the idea that reality is shaped by powerful and charismatic ""dreamers"". The reason for the break in realities, and Chaos/Moon's place in this world, is a unifying mystery. Amnesia Moon Amnesia Moon is a 1995 novel by Jonathan Lethem. Lethem adapted the novel from several unpublished short stories he had written, all about catastrophic, apocalyptic events. In finished form ""Amnesia Moon"" bears homage to Philip K. Dick. In fact, during a party scene, one guest describes a battle of wills in West Marin, clearly a"
"that the ""sheer pleasure of Cline’s style"" was a reason to read the book. Lovecraft passed his copy of ""The Dark Chamber"" to several of his fellow writers, including Clark Ashton Smith, Donald Wandrei, Frank Belknap Long, and Henry S. Whitehead. All of these writers later wrote fiction about hereditary memory that were influenced by the novel. The Dark Chamber The Dark Chamber is a 1927 horror novel by American writer Leonard Cline. The novel concerns Oscar Fitzalan and his interactions with Richard Pride who, trying to remember his past life, goes beyond his own memory and sinks into the"
"The Brentford Trilogy The Brentford Trilogy is a series of nine novels by writer Robert Rankin. They humorously chronicle the lives of a couple of drunken middle-aged layabouts, Jim Pooley and John Omally, who confront the forces of darkness in the environs of West London, usually with the assistance of large quantities of beer from their favourite public house, The Flying Swan. The novels in this series are as follows: Several of Rankin's other novels feature Pooley and Omally, but are not part of The Brentford Trilogy: Although the books theoretically form a series, actually there is little continuity between"
"history you are reading?"" ""Yes,"" said Miss Rose; without, however, adding that it was the history of Mr. Humphry Clinker."" Charles Dickens's ""David Copperfield"" mentions that his young protagonist counted Smollett's works among his favourites as a child. John Bellairs referenced Smollett's works in his ""Johnny Dixon"" series, where Professor Roderick Random Childermass reveals that his late father Marcus, an English professor, had named all his sons after characters in Smollett's works: Roderick Random, Peregrine Pickle, Humphry Clinker, and even ""Ferdinand Count Fathom"", who usually signed his name F. C. F. Childermass. George Orwell praised him as ""Scotland's best novelist""."
"a skilled screwsman named Agar. The robbery was a year in the planning and involved making sets of duplicate keys from wax impressions for the locks on the safes, and bribing the train's guard, a man called Burgess. Crichton, the author of the book and the screenplay, was inspired by Kellow Chesney's 1970 book ""The Victorian Underworld"", which is a comprehensive examination of the more sordid aspects of Victorian society. In his screenplay Crichton based his character ""Clean Willy"" Williams on another real-life character from Chesney's book, a housebreaker named Williams (or Whitehead) who, sentenced to death in Newgate Prison,"