"1927. He died at the Mirafiori stud, near Turin in 1932 after breaking his back in a freak accident. The name ""Captain Cuttle"" was taken from a character in Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens, Captain Edward Cuttle. It was subsequently applied to an LNER Class A3 locomotive, No. 2745 (BR number 60091), many of which class were named for racehorses. Captain Cuttle Captain Cuttle was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He ran only six times in a career which was restricted by chronic injury problems. He was the outstanding British colt of his generation, winning The Derby and"
"pursuit in ""Martin Chuzzlewit"". There is always a strong sense in Dickens of the narrative drive of discovery catching up with those who deal in darkness. Gissing looks at some of the minor characters in the novel and is particularly struck by that of Edward (Ned) Cuttle.Captain Cuttle has a larger humanity than his roaring friend [Captain Bunsby], he is the creation of humour. That the Captain suffered dire things at the hands of Mrs. MacStinger is as credible as it is amusing, but he stood in no danger of Bunsby's fate; at times he can play his part in"
"William Butcher was published by Oxford University Press in 2005. The Adventures of Captain Hatteras The Adventures of Captain Hatteras () is an adventure novel by Jules Verne in two parts: ""The English at the North Pole"" () and ""The desert of ice"" (). The novel was published for the first time in 1864. The definitive version from 1866 was included into Voyages Extraordinaires series (""The Extraordinary Voyages""). Although it was the first book of the series it was labeled as number two. Three of Verne's books from 1863-65 (""Five Weeks in a Balloon"", ""Journey to the Center of the"
"Dickens by his friend, Angela Burdett-Coutts. In an 1844 stage version of ""Martin Chuzzlewit"" authorised by Dickens at the Queen's Theatre Sarah Gamp was played by the actor and comedian Thomas Manders. Mrs. Gamp appears in ""Dickensian"", at first nursing Little Nell at the Old Curiosity Shop and later tending to Silas Wegg (from ""Our Mutual Friend""), played by Pauline Collins. Sarah Gamp Sarah or Sairey Gamp is a nurse in the novel ""Martin Chuzzlewit"" by Charles Dickens, first published as a serial in 1843–1844. Mrs. Gamp, as she is usually referred to, is dissolute, sloppy and generally drunk. She"
"The Adventures of Captain Hatteras The Adventures of Captain Hatteras () is an adventure novel by Jules Verne in two parts: ""The English at the North Pole"" () and ""The desert of ice"" (). The novel was published for the first time in 1864. The definitive version from 1866 was included into Voyages Extraordinaires series (""The Extraordinary Voyages""). Although it was the first book of the series it was labeled as number two. Three of Verne's books from 1863-65 (""Five Weeks in a Balloon"", ""Journey to the Center of the Earth"", and ""From the Earth to the Moon"") were added"
"Charles Dickens novels are littered with stock-market speculations, villains, swindlers and fictional speculators. Little Dorrit (1857) The financial house of Mr Merdle; Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) 'Anglo-Bengalee Disinterested Loan and Life Company, modeled loosely on the South Sea Bubble,- is in essence a classic Ponzi scheme; Nicholas Nickleby (1839) Ralph Nickleby's great Joint Stock Company, United Metropolitan Improved Hot Muffin and Crumpet Baking and Punctual Delivery Company; David Copperfield (1850) the false accounting by the sycophant Uriah Heep, clerk to lawyer Mr Wickfield; South Sea Company The South Sea Company (officially The Governor and Company of the merchants of Great Britain,"
"a situation purely farcical, but the man himself moves on a higher level. He is one of the most familiar to us among Dickens's characters, an instance of the novelist's supreme power, which (I like to repeat) proves itself in the bodying forth of a human personality henceforth accepted by the world. His sentences have become proverbs; the mention of his name brings before the mind's eye an image of flesh and blood – rude, tending to the grotesque, but altogether lovable. Captain Cuttle belongs to the world of Uncle Toby, with, to be sure, a subordinate position. Analyse him"
"Elizabeth Dickens Elizabeth Culliford Dickens (née Barrow; 21 December 1789 – 13 September 1863) was the wife of John Dickens and the mother of English novelist Charles Dickens. She was the source for Mrs. Nickleby in her son's novel ""Nicholas Nickleby"" and for Mrs Micawber in ""David Copperfield"". One of eight children of Mary Culliford (1771–1851) and Charles Barrow (1759–1826), Elizabeth Barrow was introduced to John Dickens by her brother, Thomas Culliford Barrow, when the two men were working at the Navy Pay Office in nearby Somerset House. When John Dickens first met Elizabeth she was ""a small pretty girl"
"into the series retroactively. Captain Hatteras shows many similarities with British explorer John Franklin. The novel, set in 1861, described adventures of British expedition led by Captain John Hatteras to the North Pole. Hatteras is convinced that the sea around the pole is not frozen and his obsession is to reach the place no matter what. Mutiny by the crew results in destruction of their ship but Hatteras, with a few men, continues on the expedition. On the shore of the island of ""New America"" he discovers the remains of a ship used by the previous expedition from the United"
"The Old Curiosity Shop The Old Curiosity Shop is one of two novels (the other being ""Barnaby Rudge"") which Dickens published along with short stories in his weekly serial ""Master Humphrey's Clock"", from 1840 to 1841. It was so popular that New York readers stormed the wharf when the ship bearing the final installment arrived in 1841. ""The Old Curiosity Shop"" was printed in book form in 1841. The plot follows the life of Nell Trent and her grandfather, both residents of The Old Curiosity Shop in London. Queen Victoria read the novel in 1841, and found it ""very interesting"
"Minster-on-Sea. Online editions Other sites The Old Curiosity Shop The Old Curiosity Shop is one of two novels (the other being ""Barnaby Rudge"") which Dickens published along with short stories in his weekly serial ""Master Humphrey's Clock"", from 1840 to 1841. It was so popular that New York readers stormed the wharf when the ship bearing the final installment arrived in 1841. ""The Old Curiosity Shop"" was printed in book form in 1841. The plot follows the life of Nell Trent and her grandfather, both residents of The Old Curiosity Shop in London. Queen Victoria read the novel in 1841,"
"Captain Underpants Captain Underpants is a children's novel series by American author and illustrator Dav Pilkey. The series revolves around two fourth graders, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, living in Piqua, Ohio, and Captain Underpants, an aptly named superhero from one of the boys' homemade comic books, that accidentally becomes real when George and Harold hypnotize their ill-tempered principal, Mr. Krupp. Soon after, Krupp gains superpowers by drinking alien juices in the third book. The series includes 12 books and three spin-offs, and won a Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Award on April 4, 2006. As of 2016, the series had"
"at least one book in their life. For that, most every English teacher of my acquaintance will be more than happy to take the shot to the ego the Captain provides."" Captain Underpants Captain Underpants is a children's novel series by American author and illustrator Dav Pilkey. The series revolves around two fourth graders, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, living in Piqua, Ohio, and Captain Underpants, an aptly named superhero from one of the boys' homemade comic books, that accidentally becomes real when George and Harold hypnotize their ill-tempered principal, Mr. Krupp. Soon after, Krupp gains superpowers by drinking alien"
"author who studied Dickens, believed that Dickens wanted to ""give the story a different ending."" Hogarth is also seen as the inspiration for Little Nell in ""The Old Curiosity Shop"". Nell had many traits that Dickens associated to Howarth, including describing Nell as ""young, beautiful and good"", and Nell also dies suddenly in the book. Other characters believed to have been inspired by Mary include Kate Nickleby, the 17-year-old sister of the hero of the novel ""Nicholas Nickleby""; Agnes Wickfield, the heroine in ""David Copperfield"" (her character was a mixture of both Mary and Georgina, another of Dickens' sister-in-laws); Ruth"
"Nansen's books about his crossing of Greenland in 1888 and his Arctic expedition from 1893–1896 in the ""Fram"" and by sledge, which are extensively referenced in the novel. Brother and sister Dick and Dorothea Callum meet the Swallows and Amazons during the winter beside the lake. Whilst observing the stars in an isolated barn, Dick and Dorothea encounter the other children and shortly become firm friends. They become part of the group, and join in their play of Arctic expeditions. The holiday is extended when leader Nancy Blackett catches mumps and the group is quarantined and cannot return to their"
"claiming that the orphanage is the sole beneficiary of the fictional doctor's GI insurance. As the episode ends, the Swampmen joke with each other about where they got a pair of dog tags they used to authenticate Tuttle's death - from the equally fictional Major Murdock. Captain Tuttle is a parody of Lieutenant Kijé, the subject of a novella by Soviet author Yury Tynyanov. Kijé, who existed only on paper, was supposedly a soldier in the Czar's army. As with Captain Tuttle, the paperwork edifice begins to collapse when Lieutenant Kijé must make a personal appearance. The novella was made"
"New York being renamed Burton's Theatre. He was very successful as Captain Cuttle in John Brougham's dramatization of ""Dombey and Son"", and in other low comedy parts in plays from Charles Dickens's novels. In 1837 in Philadelphia he established the ""Gentlemen's Magazine"", of which Edgar Allan Poe was for some time the editor. His magazine was intended for a general audience, incorporating the standard fare of poetry and fiction, but had a focus on sporting life like hunting and sailing. For the September 1837 issue Burton wrote an early example of the detective story, 'The Secret Cell', detailing a London"
"John Dickens John Dickens (21 August 1785 – 31 March 1851) was the father of English novelist Charles Dickens and was the model for Mr Micawber in his son's semi-autobiographical novel ""David Copperfield"". The son of William Dickens (1719–1785) and Elizabeth Ball (1745–1824), John Dickens was a clerk in the Royal Navy Pay Office at Portsmouth in Hampshire. On 13 June 1809 at St Mary le Strand, London, he married Elizabeth Barrow, with whom he had eight children. He was later transferred to London and then to Chatham, returning to live in Camden Town in London in 1822 to work"
"Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy are the sixth and seventh books in the ""Captain Underpants"" series by Dav Pilkey. The first part was published on August 1, 2003, and the second part was published on September 30, 2003. The duology features the debut of George and Harold's new pets Sulu (a hamster with a bionic endoskeleton) and Crackers (a Quetzalcoatlus) who first appeared in the first and second parts respectively. The second part also features the debut of time travel in"
"drowning in ""The Old Curiosity Shop""), and made suggestions about plot and character. It was he who suggested that Charley Bates should be redeemed in ""Oliver Twist"". Dickens had not thought of killing Little Nell, and it was Forster who advised him to entertain this possibility as necessary to his conception of the heroine. Dickens's serialisation of his novels was not uncriticised by other authors. In Robert Louis Stevenson's novel ""The Wrecker"", there is a comment by Captain Nares, investigating an abandoned ship: ""See! They were writing up the log,"" said Nares, pointing to the ink-bottle. ""Caught napping, as usual."
"death is fictionalised as the death of Little Nell. Catherine's younger sister, Georgina Hogarth, joined the Dickens fam household in 1842 when Dickens and Catherine sailed to America, caring for the young family they had left behind. In 1845 Charles Dickens produced the amateur theatrical ""Every Man in his Humour"" for the benefit of Leigh Hunt. In a subsequent performance, Catherine Dickens, who had a minor role, fell through a trap door injuring her ankle. In 1851, as 'Lady Maria Clutterbuck', Catherine Dickens published a cookery book, ""What Shall we Have for Dinner? Satisfactorily Answered by Numerous Bills of Fare"
"Mary Hogarth Mary Scott Hogarth (26 October 1819 – 7 May 1837) was the sister of Catherine Dickens ( Hogarth) and the sister-in-law of Charles Dickens. Hogarth first met Charles Dickens aged 14, and after Dickens married Hogarth's sister Catherine, Mary lived with the couple for a year. Hogarth died suddenly in 1837, which caused Dickens to miss the publication dates for two novels: ""The Pickwick Papers"" and ""Oliver Twist"". Hogarth later became the inspiration for a number of characters in Dickens novels, including Rose Maylie in ""Oliver Twist"" and Little Nell in ""The Old Curiosity Shop"". Charles and Catherine"
"Georgina Hogarth, both of whom were very close to Dickens. Mary died at the age of 17 in 1837 and Georgina, since 1842, lived with the Dickens family. Dickens referred to her affectionately as his ""little housekeeper"". After Dickens' separation from his wife Catherine, Georgina stayed with him for the rest of his life and took the responsibility of managing his household completely. Agnes Wickfield Agnes Wickfield is a character of ""David Copperfield"", a novel by Charles Dickens. She is a friend and confidante of David (the narrator and protagonist of this semi-autobiography) since his childhood and at the end"
"Wilkins Micawber Wilkins Micawber is a clerk in Charles Dickens's 1850 novel ""David Copperfield"". He is traditionally identified with the optimistic belief that ""something will turn up."" Micawber was incarcerated in debtors' prison (the King's Bench Prison) after failing to meet his creditors' demands. His long-suffering wife, Emma, stands by him despite his financial exigencies that force her to pawn all of her family's heirlooms. She lives by the maxims, ""I will never desert Mr. Micawber!"" and ""Experientia does it!"" (from ""Experientia docet"", ""One learns by experience."") Micawber is hired as a clerk by the scheming Uriah Heep, who assumes"
"him with a target weight. If Dick strays from this goal, then his wife's right little finger will be cut off. Morrison exercises and keeps in shape, and gives the business card to a barfly, echoing the start of the story. The story ends when Dick and Cindy meet the McCanns, and Dick realizes Jimmy's wife is missing her little finger. Quitters, Inc. ""Quitters, Inc."" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in King's 1978 collection ""Night Shift"". Richard ""Dick"" Morrison, a middle-aged smoker, is at John F. Kennedy International Airport when he runs into Jimmy McCann, his"
"Pinch from ""Martin Chuzzlewit""; Lilian, the child who appears in Trotty Veck's visions in ""The Chimes""; and Dot Peerybingle, the sister in ""The Cricket on the Hearth"". Unlike Hogarth, Dickens' wife Catherine does not appear to have been the inspiration for any of his characters. Mary Hogarth Mary Scott Hogarth (26 October 1819 – 7 May 1837) was the sister of Catherine Dickens ( Hogarth) and the sister-in-law of Charles Dickens. Hogarth first met Charles Dickens aged 14, and after Dickens married Hogarth's sister Catherine, Mary lived with the couple for a year. Hogarth died suddenly in 1837, which caused"
"Mr. Fitton's Hurricane (2000) Tiger Patrol Tiger Patrol (1957) The Tiger Patrol Wins Through (1958) The Tiger Patrol at Sea (1958) The Tiger Patrol Presses On (1961) Wolf Cubs Red for adventure (1965) Wolf Cub Island (1966) The Sea Cub (1967) Cubs of the Castle (1969) Cubs on the Job (1972) Simon & Mag Hughes The Shop in the Mountain (1961) The Ladder of Snow (1962) A Necklace of Glaciers (1963) The Pass of Morning (1966) Abercrombie Lewker Traitor's Mountain (1946) Kidnap Castle (1947) Hammer Island (1948) ""Subsequent Lewker novels were written under the pseudonym 'Glyn Carr' Murder on the"
"when a dangerous debt collector realises she is his daughter and consequently takes over Micawber's debts. Sullivan had originally written an adaptation of Dickens' novel which was rejected by the BBC in favour of the 1999 Adrian Hodges adaptation. It was broadcast in four parts, the first part on Boxing Day 2001 and starred a number of well-known British actors and actresses. Micawber (TV series) Micawber is a 2001 ITV comedy drama series starring David Jason. It was written by John Sullivan, based upon the character of Wilkins Micawber from Charles Dickens' novel ""David Copperfield"", although the storylines were original."
"former governess, Annie Carter Moore. The background illustrations were modelled on Derwentwater and St. Herbert's Island in the Lake District. One commentator has likened Squirrel Nutkin's impertinent behaviour to that of the rebellious working-class of Potter's own day, and another commentator has noted the tale's similarities to ""pourquoi"" tales and folk tales in its explanations of Squirrel Nutkin's short tail and characteristics of squirrel behaviour. An abbreviated version of the tale appeared as a segment in the 1971 ballet film, ""The Tales of Beatrix Potter"". Squirrel Nutkin, his brother Twinkleberry, and their many cousins sail to Owl Island on little"
"of both Niven and Pournelle."" Pournelle and Niven followed up with the sequel ""The Gripping Hand"" and in 2010 Pournelle's daughter, Jennifer, published an authorized sequel entitled ""Outies"". 60,000 words were cut from the novel before publication. The short story ""Reflex"" was instead published in 1983 in the first ""There Will Be War"" collection, edited by Pournelle and John F. Carr. It details an early phase of the battle for New Chicago, told from the rebels' point of view. ""MacArthur"", with Captain Cziller in command and Blaine as Exec, engages and defeats a rebel ship, but because of the technology,"
"Captain"" and the classic series does not contain the book ""Don't Gimme The Ships"". Both of these series comprise books from the original Sea Adventure Series. Macdonnell wrote three juvenile works about the character Captain Mettle using the pseudonym James Macnell. They were published by Constable and The Children's Press. He wrote another entitled ""Colt and Co in the Valley of Gold"" as J. Macdonnell, which was published by Dent in 1960. This book was described in the wrapper notes as ""the first of a new series"" but no further titles were forthcoming. ""Mettle At Woomera"" was re-released in paperback"
"the Red Queen, and the Mad Hatter; Arthur Balfour is the White Queen and the March Hare; Robert Cecil is the King of Hearts and the Dormouse; Archbishop of Canterbury Frederick Temple is the Duchess; and Redvers Buller is Humpty Dumpty. The Westminster Alice The Westminster Alice is the name of a collection of vignettes written by Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) in 1902 and published by the Westminster Gazette of London. It is a political parody of Lewis Carroll's two books, ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"" and ""Through the Looking-Glass"". The book features 48 drawings after the originals by John Tenniel"
"interception and sinking of ""Scharnhorst"" by ) was greatly assisted by ULTRA intercepts. The 1955 novel ""HMS Ulysses"" by Scottish writer Alistair MacLean, considered a classic of naval warfare literature and the 1967 novel ""The Captain"" by Dutch author Jan de Hartog are set during the Arctic convoys. The two books differ in style, characterisation and philosophy (de Hartog was a pacifist, which cannot be said about MacLean). Both convey vividly the atmosphere of combined extreme belligerent action and inhospitable nature, pushing protagonists to the edge of endurance and beyond. The Norwegian historic account ""One in Ten Had to Die"""