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Eugene Aram (other)
Eugene Aram was an English philologist, convicted of murder and hanged in 1759. Eugene Aram may also refer to: * ''Eugene Aram'' (1914 film), a British film directed by Edwin J. Collins * ''Eugene Aram'' (1915 film), an American film directed by Richard Ridgely * ''Eugene Aram'' (1924 film), a British film directed by Arthur Rooke * ''Eugene Aram'' (novel), 1832 novel by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton on which the films were based * ''The Dream of Eugene Aram, the Murderer'', 1831 poem by Thomas Hood Thomas Hood (23 May 1799 – 3 May 1845) was an English poet, author and humorist, best known for poems such as "The Bridge of Sighs (poem), The Bridge of Sighs" and "The Song of the Shirt". Hood wrote regularly for ''The London Magazine'', '' ... [Baidu] |
Eugene Aram
Eugene Aram (170416 August 1759) was an English philologist, but also infamous as the murderer celebrated by Thomas Hood in his ballad ''The Dream of Eugene Aram'', and by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in his 1832 novel ''Eugene Aram (novel), Eugene Aram''. Early life Aram was born in 1704 to humble parents at Ramsgill in the West Riding of Yorkshire. His father was a gardener on the Newby Hall estate, owned by Sir Edward Blackett, 2nd Baronet, Sir Edward Blackett. His father had a good knowledge of botany and horticulture. He had a "fair school education": reading and arithmetic. At 13 he started working with his father on the Newby estate. Sir Edward allowed him to make use of his library and he taught himself Greek and Latin. In 1720 he went to work as a book-keeper in a counting house in London run by Christopher Blackett, a relative of Sir Edward. He contracted smallpox in London, and became very ill. He decided to return to Yorkshire and found a post as a school teacher in the sma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Aram (1914 Film)
''Eugene Aram'' is a 1914 British silent drama film directed by Edwin J. Collins and starring Jack Leigh, Mary Manners and John Sargent. It was adapted from the 1832 novel ''Eugene Aram'' by Edward Bulwer-Lytton Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (; 25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873) was an English writer and politician. He served as a Whig member of Parliament from 1831 to 1841 and a Conservative from 1851 to 1866. He was Secr .... Cast * Jack Leigh - Eugene Aram * Mary Manners - Madeleine Lester * John Sargent - Richard Houseman * Stewart Patterson - Walter Lester * Wingold Lawrence - Geoffrey Lester * Antonia Reith - Elinor Lester * Frank Melrose - Rowland Lester * Lionel d'Aragon - The Judge * Henry Foster - Cpl. Bunting * Harold Saxon-Snell - Mr. Courtland * Fred Southern - Peter Dealtry References External links * 1914 films 1910s historical drama films British silent feature films 1910s English-language films Films dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Aram (1915 Film)
''Eugene Aram'' is a 1915 American silent historical film directed by Richard Ridgely and starring Marc McDermott, Mabel Trunnelle and Gladys Hulette. It is an adaptation of the 1832 novel ''Eugene Aram'' by Edward Bulwer-Lytton.Goble, p. 296. Plot Eugene Aram is a down-on-his luck character, who is explained to be a distant relation of Richard Housman, who is a criminal just trying to get by. Housman is entertained by Eugene's problems. Eugene is trying to teach himself and devises his own curriculum, but fails. Housman comes across a letter written by a man named Clark Lester to his son, Walter. The letter promises a reward of jewels and valuables to Walter, who has saved a man's life in India. The letter came from Grassdale, England. Housman decides that he should rob Clark of his jewels and valuables, and takes Eugene along with him. In Grassdale, Housman attacks Clark, just as Eugene comes along to find the two. Eugene seizes Clark, and Clark is killed by Housman. Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Aram (1924 Film)
''Eugene Aram'' is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Arthur Wontner, Barbara Hoffe and Mary Odette. It was based on the 1832 novel ''Eugene Aram'' by Edward Bulwer-Lytton which depicts the life of the eighteenth century criminal Eugene Aram. Cast * Arthur Wontner as Eugene Aram * Barbara Hoffe as Madeleine Lester * Mary Odette as Elinor Lester * James Carew James Usselman (February 5, 1876 – April 4, 1938), known professionally as James Carew, was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began working as a clerk in a publishing fi ... as Richard Houseman * C. V. France as Squire Lester * Walter Tennyson as Walter Lester * Lionel d'Aragon as Daniel Clarke * A. Bromley Davenport as Cpl. Bunting * William Matthews as John Courtland References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929''. Routledge, 1997. External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Aram (novel)
''Eugene Aram'' is a melodrama A melodrama is a Drama, dramatic work in which plot, typically sensationalized for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodrama is "an exaggerated version of drama". Melodramas typically concentrate on ...tic novel by the British writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton first published in 1832. It depicts the events leading up to the execution of Eugene Aram in 1759 for murdering his business partner. Adaptations Lytton started the novel after having completed the first act of a play on the same subject, then dropping it in favour of what he considered the higher art form. This first act was then extended into a five-act play, giving proper credit to Lytton, by New Orleans poet Espy William Henricks Williams (30 January 1852 – 28 August 1908), and published 1873, shortly after publication by W. G. Wills of ''The Fate of Eugene Aram'', which has been performed (as ''Eugene Aram'') in England and Australia. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hood
Thomas Hood (23 May 1799 – 3 May 1845) was an English poet, author and humorist, best known for poems such as "The Bridge of Sighs (poem), The Bridge of Sighs" and "The Song of the Shirt". Hood wrote regularly for ''The London Magazine'', ''Athenaeum (British magazine), Athenaeum'', and ''Punch (magazine), Punch''. He later published a magazine largely consisting of his own works. Hood, never robust, had lapsed into invalidism by the age of 41 and died at the age of 45. William Michael Rossetti in 1903 called him "the finest English poet" between the generations of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Shelley and Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Tennyson.Rossetti, W. M. Biographical Introduction''The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood'' (London, 1903). Hood was the father of the playwright and humorist Tom Hood (1835–1874) and the children's writer Frances Freeling Broderip (1830–1878). Early life Thomas Hood was born to Thomas Hood and Elizabeth Sands in Poultry, London, Poultry (Cheapside), London, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
