Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.bHis works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognized him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms.
David copperfield
David Copperfield is an American illusionist, and has been described by Forbes as the most commercially successful magician in history.
David Copperfield is an American illusionist, and has been described by Forbes as the most commercially successful magician in history.
Copperfield's television specials have won 21 Emmy Awards of a total 38 nominations. Best known
for his combination of storytelling and illusion, Copperfield's career of over
40 years has earned him 11 Guinness World Records, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a knighthood by the French government, and
he has been named a Living Legend by the US Library of Congress.
Meet Me in St. Louis
Meet Me in St. Louis is a 1944 musical film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer which tells the story of an American family living in St. Louis at the time of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair in 1904. The picture stars Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer, Tom Drake, Leon Ames, Marjorie Main, June Lockhart, and Joan Carroll.
Meet Me in St. Louis is a 1944 musical film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer which tells the story of an American family living in St. Louis at the time of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair in 1904. The picture stars Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer, Tom Drake, Leon Ames, Marjorie Main, June Lockhart, and Joan Carroll.
The movie was adapted by Irving
Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe from a series of short stories by Sally Benson, originally published in The New Yorker magazine under the title "5135
Kensington", and later in novel form as Meet
Me in St. Louis. The film was directed by Vincente
Minnelli, who met Garland on the set and later married her. It was the
second-highest grossing picture of the year, only behind Going My Way.
Garland debuted the standards "The Trolley Song",
"The Boy Next Door", and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas",
all of which became hits after the film was released. Arthur Freed, the producer of the
film, also wrote and performed one of the songs.
Ishmael
Ishmael is a figure in the Tanakh and
the Qur'an and
was Abraham's first son according to Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
Ishmael was born to Abraham and Sarah's
handmaiden Hagar (Genesis 16:3). According to the Genesis account,
he died at the age of 137 (Genesis 25:17). The Book of Genesis and
Islamic traditions consider Ishmael to be the ancestor of the Ishmaelites. According to Muslim tradition,
Ishmael and his mother are said to be buried next to the Kaaba in Mecca.
Jane Eyre Quotes
“I had a string tied here
under my left rib where my heart is”
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
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