"mother left upon him when she gave her life to save him. That act allowed an ""ancient magic"" to work, which meant Harry could never be harmed so long as he lived in the care of his mother's blood; in this case, his Aunt Petunia. This charm would not expire until Harry turned 17. Other mentioned places in Little Whinging are Magnolia Crescent somewhat around the corner and a playground at a bit of a distance to Privet Drive which before Harry's fifth year has been partially demolished by Dudley and his gang. According to the documentary ""Creating the World"
"The Gaunt cottage is set in a copse alongside a winding road which climbed out of the valley. In ""Goblet of Fire"", Voldemort and Harry fight in the graveyard of Little Hangleton. Little Whinging is a fictitious town in Surrey, England, located to the south of London. Alison Lurie noted in the ""New York Review of Books"" that Little Whinging's name is ""a joke that American readers may not get: we would call the place Little Whining"". Number 4, Privet Drive, Little Whinging, is the Dursleys' home, in which Harry lives with his aunt Petunia, uncle Vernon, and cousin Dudley."
"Little Dorrit's Playground Little Dorrit's Playground, named after Little Dorrit, the eponymous Charles Dickens character, is a public playground and small park just north of Marshalsea Road in Southwark, south London, England. The site was previously called Falcon Court, ""a horrible rookery of tumble-down, dirty hovels."" In 1902, a small public open space called Little Dorrit's Playground was opened north of Marshalsea Road. The surrounding area has many Dickensian associations. Charles Dickens himself had lodgings in Lant Street to the south of Marsalsea Road as a child when his father is in the Marshalsea debtors' prison nearby in 1824. This"
"archaeologist Lewis Lang (Lana's father), and the young Lex Luthor. In post-Crisis comics, Conner Kent, the current Superboy, also lives in Smallville with the now-widowed Martha Kent. The super-powered dog Krypto lives with them as well. While not initially enjoying Smallville, Conner eventually changes his mind. Smallville is usually portrayed as an idyllic, small isolated American town, with a ""Middle America"" atmosphere - resembling the settings of some paintings of Norman Rockwell. Its residents are generally very friendly, though in Silver Age ""Superboy"" stories, it also tends to attract various threats (from criminals, alien invaders, etc.). Smallville's economy mostly consists"
"He has lived there since the age of fifteen months, having previously lived with his parents in Godric's Hollow; however, since he began attending Hogwarts, he spends little time there, though he reluctantly returns during the summer holidays. Number 4 is known to have four bedrooms upstairs, at least one bathroom, a kitchen, a sitting room and a conservatory downstairs (apart from the cupboard under the stairs). The name of the street refers to the hedges that enclose many suburban gardens, as Rowling liked the idea of enclosure. In the novels and films, the Dursleys' home is in a respectable"
"person), and ""Ring for Jeeves"" (which features Jeeves but not Bertie Wooster and is written in the third person). The short stories are set primarily in London, where Bertie Wooster has a flat and is a member of the raucous Drones Club, or in New York City, though some short stories are set around various stately homes in the English countryside. The novels all take place at or near an English country house, most commonly Brinkley Court (in four novels) and Totleigh Towers (in two novels). The setting is primariy an idealised version of England during the interwar period, though"
"within the show, is being used by guards to stop any unauthorized access to ""Wisteria Lane"". The following overview is based upon details and maps given within the show as well as Universal Studios' official website - see below for further details. No. 4347 (commonly known as The Greenberg House) is a house situated on Wisteria Lane, in the town Fairview. Ida Greenberg resides there in seasons 1-4. After Ida Greenberg's death in season 4, the house was temporarily occupied by Karen McCluskey. Since season 6 it has been occupied by Mitzi Kinsky. No. 4348 (commonly called the Kemper house)"
"devil because Mr. Pluto rides an old buggy driven by two horses and because Pluto is the Roman name for Hades.[3] Once they move into the house, strange and scary things begin to happen. They meet a malicious family next to them, the Darrows. Thomas Small is a 13-year-old boy, moving with his family from North Carolina to Ohio. His father is a history professor who has leased the historic home of the abolitionist Dies Drear. The house has been mostly empty for years and is riddled with hidden passageways that were used to hide escaping slaves on the Underground"
"little anal retentive), who carries with him a mysterious past, related to a missing finger. Palmer is revealed to have lost all three of his family members, (mother, father and sister) at an early age, inheriting the family's old house, which he turned into a boarding house, having moved his family's possessions into the basement. Mr. Palmer lives with two other boarders, Lisa (a nurse at a nearby hospital) and Steve, who unbeknownst to Palmer is a drug addict with a troubled family life. Both tenants withhold sordid secrets from Palmer - Lisa's past involves rape and theft, while Steve"
"of Marshalsea Road, Little Dorrit's Court, also named after the Dickens character, can be found as well. Little Dorrit's Playground Little Dorrit's Playground, named after Little Dorrit, the eponymous Charles Dickens character, is a public playground and small park just north of Marshalsea Road in Southwark, south London, England. The site was previously called Falcon Court, ""a horrible rookery of tumble-down, dirty hovels."" In 1902, a small public open space called Little Dorrit's Playground was opened north of Marshalsea Road. The surrounding area has many Dickensian associations. Charles Dickens himself had lodgings in Lant Street to the south of Marsalsea"
"house. In later strips the gang meets in a derelict caravan called Holly Rude. He used to have another friend called Ezzy, who has stopped appearing in the strips, along with Wullie's unnamed little brother. He owns a pet mouse named Jeemy and in later strips a pet dog called Harry. In the Ken Harrison strips he gained additional supporting characters, such as the pretty Doris Gow (whom Wullie likes, much to Primrose's rage), her boyfriend, the town bully Basher McKenzie, and grumpy old neighbour Moaning Mildew (modelled on Victor Meldrew from One Foot in the Grave.) Wullie's age has"
"the ""Small House"", a dower house intended for the widowed mother (""Dowager"") of the owner of the estate. The landowner, in this instance, is the bachelor Squire of Allington, Christopher Dale. Dale's mother having died, he has allocated the Small House, rent free, to his widowed sister-in-law and her daughters Isabella (""Bell"") and Lilian (""Lily""). When the novel begins Bernard, the squire's nephew and heir, brings his friend Adolphus Crosbie to Allington and introduces him to the family. Crosbie is handsome and well-regarded in London society. Bell and Lily are impressed by Crosbie's charm and worldliness and Lily, the younger"
"of the house stands at Liberty Square at The Walt Disney World Resort's Magic Kingdom; the building serves as a quick service restaurant. Notes Bibliography Further reading Sunnyside (Tarrytown, New York) Sunnyside (1835) is a historic house on 10 acres (4 ha) along the Hudson River, in Tarrytown, New York. It was the home of the American author Washington Irving, best known for his short stories, such as ""Rip Van Winkle"" (1819) and ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"" (1820). This cottage-like estate, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962, reflects Dutch Colonial Revival, Scottish Gothic, and Tudor Revival influences, with"
"Sunnyside (Tarrytown, New York) Sunnyside (1835) is a historic house on 10 acres (4 ha) along the Hudson River, in Tarrytown, New York. It was the home of the American author Washington Irving, best known for his short stories, such as ""Rip Van Winkle"" (1819) and ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"" (1820). This cottage-like estate, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962, reflects Dutch Colonial Revival, Scottish Gothic, and Tudor Revival influences, with its wisteria-covered entrance and jagged crow-stepped gable. In some sense, Sunnyside began almost 200 years before Irving with Wolfert Acker (sometimes spelled Wolfert Eckert), a Dutch-American inhabitant"
"overall, than any other character. She makes an appearance in fourteen Jeeves stories, including seven novels and seven short stories. Only Aunt Agatha and Bingo Little appear in more Jeeves short stories (eight and ten, respectively). Wodehouse spent much of his youth with his many aunts and uncles, as his parents were generally away in Hong Kong. The character of Aunt Dahlia was inspired by one of Wodehouse's aunts, Louisa Deane. Louisa Deane was the sister of Wodehouse's mother, Eleanor Deane, and Mary Bathurst Deane, who inspired the character of Aunt Agatha. Dahlia Travers lives at Brinkley Court outside Market"
"for the little house Almanzo has built for them. ""Lew Brewster"" was a pseudonym for Louis Bouchie. He was a distant relative of Mr. Boast, a good friend of the Ingalls who appears in several of the books. Bouchie and Genevieve Masters were the only two people whose names Wilder changed for her books, as Nellie and Louis Bouchie's wife were both unpleasant people, and she wished to respect their privacy. Today there is a small town called Carthage, South Dakota, located where Wilder placed the Brewster settlement, although it is unclear if Carthage grew out of the original Bouchie"
"set in the fictional town of Little Whinging, Surrey. They lived at Number Four Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey. The county has also been used as a film location. Part of the movie ""The Holiday"" was filmed in Godalming and Shere: Kate Winslet's character Iris lived in a cottage in Shere and Cameron Diaz's character Amanda switched houses with her as part of a home exchange. The final scene of """" uses the village church, also in Shere, as does the movie ""The Wedding Date"". In the 1976 film ""The Omen"", the scenes at the cathedral were filmed at Guildford"
"pilot movie is currently underway at Paramount Pictures, with Sean Durkin as the director, Scott Rudin as the producer, and Abi Morgan as the screenwriter. Based on the autobiographical ""Little House"" stories, episodes of ""Little House on the Prairie"" usually concern members of the Ingalls family, who live on a small farm near the village of Walnut Grove, Minnesota. Many episodes concern the maturation of the family's second daughter, Laura. However, episodes also focus on other family and community members, providing a depiction of life in a small agrarian community in late nineteenth-century America. The show's central characters are Charles"
"is a house situated on Wisteria Lane in the town of Fairview. Rose Kemper resides there from pre series-season 5. In season 5 she goes to live in a nursing home and it is unknown who currently resides there. ( It could possibly be Mona Clark) No. 4349 (commonly known as The Solis House) is a house situated on Wisteria Lane, in the town of Fairview. They moved in during the summer of 2003, Gabrielle Solis and Carlos Solis have owned the house. They move out to a mansion in Beverly Hills a year after the series ends. No. 4350"
"her connection to the British soldiers, gathers information for the rebel forces. She is described as handsome by Johnny. Sewall - A poor relative of the Lytes who works as a clerk in Jonathan Lyte's office. Sewall is kind and brave; he runs off to join the Minute Men. Pumpkin - A British private soldier stationed in Boston. Pumpkin is a secret Whig whose dream is to own a piece of land and homestead a farm. Because he is poor, he can only achieve his dream in America. Johnny helps him desert from the army in exchange for his musket,"
"lives in Odessa, Florida with his wife, Laura. One of his hobbies is gambling and gambling scams. Another is magic, because he once worked as a magician. Swain has created two ex-police characters that have run in a series of mystery and crime related novels. The Tony Valentine character seem to face daily some type of cheater or scammer that involves gambling. The second character, Jack Carpenter, faces the dirtier side of life involving child abduction. Swain uses four basic acts in most of his novels. His older book series run from the low 300 to the low 400 pages"
"behavior improves. Miss Lavendar Lewis - An imaginative, attractive, old maid with snow white hair who Anne and Diana come across on their way to a friend's place. She lives in Echo Lodge. She also becomes good friends with Anne. Charlotta the Fourth - Miss Lavender's maid. Her real name is Leonora and she is the youngest of four girls who have all been employed by Miss Lavendar. Her eldest sister was named Charlotta and Miss Lavender kept referring to Charlotta's three sisters as ""Charlotta"" as well. Charlotta is well-meaning, but a bit odd, and addresses everyone as either ""Sir"""
"Little Dorrit Little Dorrit is a novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in serial form between 1855 and 1857. The story features Amy Dorrit, youngest child of her family, born and raised in the Marshalsea prison for debtors in London. Arthur Clennam encounters her after returning home from a 20-year absence, ready to begin his life anew. The novel satirises the shortcomings of both government and society, including the institution of debtors' prisons, where debtors were imprisoned, unable to work, until they repaid their debts. The prison in this case is the Marshalsea, where Dickens's own father had been imprisoned."
"the house Anne grew up in, and move to the village of Four Winds, P.E.I. There, they take up residence in a small house Anne dubs the ""House of Dreams"", and Gilbert takes over his uncle's medical practice in the nearby town of Glen St. Mary. Anne praises her ""house of dreams"" as ""like a creamy seashell stranded on the harbor shore"", which is surrounded by fir trees ""enfolding secrets"" while the lane leading to the house is full of blossoming trees. The house looks up to a harbor on one side and a shining brook in the valley below."
"2012 article in the ""New Yorker"", ""When Roosevelt was elected, she noted in her diary, 'America has a dictator.' She prayed for his assassination, and considered doing the job herself."" Whatever Lane's politics, ""attacks on [Wilder's] authorship seem aimed at infusing her books with ideological passions they just don’t have."" The original Little House books, written for elementary school-age children, became an enduring, eight-volume record of pioneering life late in the 19th century based on the Ingalls family's experiences on the American frontier. ""The First Four Years"", about the early days of the Wilder marriage, was discovered by her literary"
"town of Fairview. Since the beginning Lynette Scavo and Tom Scavo have owned the house. They moved into the house in 1997, living there with their five children, Preston Scavo, Porter Scavo, Parker Scavo, Penny Scavo, Paige Scavo, and Kayla Huttington Scavo. Kayla lives in the house full-time for the middle of season three and all of season four. In season seven, Porter and Preston move out. By the end of season seven, Lynette and Tom decide to separate and divorce after a long fight between the two. In season eight Tom moves out and the twins, Porter and Preston,"
"Long Lane (Southwark) Long Lane is a major road in Southwark, south London, England. At the northwest end is a complicated junction with Borough High Street, Marshalsea Road, Tabard Street, and Great Dover Street. The historic St George the Martyr church, with Dickensian connections, is at this junction, now standing on an island surrounded by roads and cut off from its original churchyard. In this church the eponymous Dickens character Little Dorrit was baptised and married. Charles Dickens himself lodged close by as a child in Lant Street when his father was in the Marshalsea debtors' prison during 1824. It"
"West Littleton West Littleton is a small hamlet in South Gloucestershire, England. It is located between the M4 and the A420. The closest amenities are in Marshfield and the historic city of Bath is a short distance to the south. The stately home, Dyrham Park, is located a few hundred metres from the village. West Littleton shot to international attention as being the hideout retreat for Hugh Grant at the time of his alleged affair with a Los Angeles prostitute. The world's press descended upon this charming little village and camped outside Grant's house. The village boasts approximately 25 houses"
"Little Pink House Little Pink House is a 2017 American-Canadian biographical drama film written and directed by Courtney Balaker and starring Catherine Keener as Susette Kelo. It is based on the events related to ""Kelo v. City of New London"", a U.S. Supreme Court case in which Kelo unsuccessfully sued the city of New London, Connecticut for their controversial use of eminent domain. A small-town nurse named Susette Kelo emerges as the reluctant leader of her working-class neighbors in their struggle to save their homes from political and corporate interests bent on seizing the land and handing it over to"
"as the setting for the ""Plum Creek"" part of the ""Little House"" book series. Charles Ingalls, her father, was the community's first justice and her only brother, Charles Frederick 'Freddy' Ingalls (November 1, 1875 – August 27, 1876), was born in Walnut Grove. The name ""Walnut Grove"" was also used in the ""Little House on the Prairie"" television series; however, the program was filmed in California. Walnut Grove gained more than 250 new residents between 2001 and 2006. The new residents are Hmong immigrants and their families. The influx of people has increased the population to nearly 900, and Hmong"
"Larry suddenly approaches, ready to kill Ronald, but finds it in his heart to offer his condolence for May's death. Sarah just sits, baffled, wondering how she will raise her daughter, whom she feels she has greatly let down. Little Children (novel) Little Children is a 2004 novel by American author Tom Perrotta that interweaves the darkly comedic stories of seven main characters, all of whom live in the same suburban Boston neighborhood during the middle of a hot summer. The novel received critical praise, spurring ""The New York Times"" to declare Perrotta ""an American Chekhov whose characters even at"
"Four Years"". From 1879 to 1894 the Ingalls lived in De Smet and the family homestead, a house in town built by Charles, the Brewster School where Wilder taught, and the surveyor's home the Ingalls lived in between 1879 and 1880 are open to visitors. In addition to the ""Little House"" series, four series of books expand the ""Little House"" series to include five generations of Wilder's family. The success of the ""Little House"" series has produced many related books including two series (""Little House Chapter Books"" and ""My First Little House Books"") that present the original stories in condensed"
"""Battling"" Billson, a temporary handyman, and Jimmy Corcoran is rarely welcome there. The house is occasionally called ""The Cedars"" in later stories. The fictional Hampshire seat of Frederick Twistleton, Lord Ickenham, where he lives much of the time, his wife Lady Jane having forbidden him to visit London lest he wreak his usual havoc. Polly Pott gambolled in the grounds as a child; there are too many statues there. The Junior Ganymede Club is a fictional club in Curzon Street for valets and butlers, of which Jeeves is a member. Aside from socializing, the club's main activities are bridge and"