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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" and " The Song of the Shirt". Hood wrote regularly for '' The London Magazine'', '' Athenaeum'', and ''Punch' ... [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''. 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. 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 Latin and Greek. 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. Unfortunately 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 small village of Netherdale. Whilst sti ... [...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. 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 Lionel d'Aragon (5 July 1863 - 1941) was a British actor of the silent era. He was born in Paris, France and died in Camberwell, London. Selected filmography * '' Heroes of the Mine'' (1913) * '' A Fair Impostor'' (1916) * '' The Valley of Fear ... - 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 historical drama films British silent feature films 1910s English- ... [...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. Eaten ... [...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 as Richard Houseman * C. V. France as Squire Lester * Walter Tennyson as Walter Lester * Lionel d'Aragon Lionel d'Aragon (5 July 1863 - 1941) was a British actor of the silent era. He was born in Paris, France and died in Camberwell, London. Selected filmography * '' Heroes of the Mine'' (1913) * '' A Fair Impostor'' (1916) * '' The Valley of Fear ... 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 links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Aram (novel)
''Eugene Aram'' is a melodramatic 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. The novel was adapted three times for silent films, in 1914, 1915 and 1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrest ... [...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" and " The Song of the Shirt". Hood wrote regularly for '' The London Magazine'', '' Athenaeum'', and ''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 Shelley and 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 the Poultry ( Cheapside), London, above his father's bookshop. His father's family had been Scottish farmers from the village of Errol near Dundee. The elde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
