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Jack Sheppard (novel)
''Jack Sheppard'' is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth serially published in ''Bentley's Miscellany'' from 1839 to 1840, with illustrations by George Cruikshank. It is a historical romance and a Newgate novel based on the real life of the 18th-century criminal Jack Sheppard. Background ''Jack Sheppard'' was serially published in ''Bentley's Miscellany'' from January 1839 until February 1840.Worth 1972 p. 19 The novel was intertwined with the history of Charles Dickens's ''Oliver Twist'', which ran in the same publication from February 1837 to April 1839. Dickens, previously a friend of Ainsworth's, became distant from Ainsworth as a controversy brewed over the scandalous nature around ''Jack Sheppard'', ''Oliver Twist'', and other novels describing criminal life. The relationship dissolved between the two, and Dickens retired from the magazine as its editor and made way for Ainsworth to replace him as editor at the end of 1839. A three volume edition of the work was publis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheppard Cruikshank
Sheppard can refer to: Places * Sheppard, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community, United States * Sheppard Avenue in Toronto, Canada named for Joseph Shepard (1765-1837). Hence: ** Sheppard line, Sheppard subway line ** Sheppard West (TTC), formerly Downsview, subway station ** Sheppard-Yonge (TTC), formerly Sheppard, subway station * Kate Sheppard House, the historic home of civil rights campaigner Kate Sheppard * Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas, United States Other * Shepherd (surname)#Sheppard, Sheppard (name) * Sheppard (band), an Australian Brisbane-based rock band **Sheppard (EP), ''Sheppard'' (EP) See also * Shepherd (other) * Shepard (other) {{disambiguation ru:Шепард ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meriton Latroon
Meriton is an Australian property developer and construction company established in 1963. Meriton builds and sells apartments, and also operates serviced apartments as temporary and long-term accommodation under its Meriton Suites brand in Sydney, Brisbane and the Gold Coast. In 2007, it was estimated the company was building about 1,200 apartments each year. By 2010 this figure had increased to 2,000 units. It is estimated that over the past 50 years, Meriton has built more than 65,000 residential apartments on the east coast of Australia. It also offers serviced accommodation in 17 locations. On 13 November 2013, Meriton celebrated its 50th anniversary with a party on Sydney Harbour for more than 300 current and former employees, friends, family and dignitaries from the political and business world. 2014 was a record year for the apartment developer, with the company's annual turnover rising more than 50 per cent to $2 billion, bringing it to 11th place in IBISWorld's 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Buckstone
John Baldwin Buckstone (14 September 1802 – 31 October 1879) was an English actor, playwright and comedian who wrote 150 plays, the first of which was produced in 1826. He starred as a comic actor during much of his career for various periods at the Adelphi Theatre and the Haymarket Theatre, managing the Haymarket from 1853 to 1877. Biography Buckstone was born in Hoxton, London, the son of John Buckstone, a retired shopkeeper, and his wife Elizabeth (née Baldwin).Roy, Donald"Buckstone, John Baldwin (1802–1879)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2008, accessed 3 January 2015 He was educated at Walworth Grammar School and was briefly apprenticed on a naval ship at age 10 but returned to school. He studied law and was articled to a solicitor but turned to acting by age 19.''The Times'', 1 November 1879, p. 5 Early career Buckstone first joined a travelling troupe in 1821 as Gabriel in ''The Children in the Wood''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crichton (novel)
''Crichton'' is an 1837 historical novel by the British writer William Harrison Ainsworth. It was published in three volumes by Richard Bentley. It is inspired by the life of the sixteenth century Scottish polymath James Crichton James Crichton, known as the Admirable Crichton (19 August 1560 – 3 July 1582), was an alleged Scottish polymath noted for his extraordinary accomplishments in languages, the arts, and sciences before he was murdered at the age of ..., known as the "Admirable Crichton". It was Ainsworth's follow-up to the 1834 bestselling novel '' Rookwood''.Sutherland p.159 References Bibliography * Carver, Stephen James. ''The Life and Works of the Lancashire Novelist William Harrison Ainsworth, 1850-1882''. Edwin Mellen Press, 2003. * Crofton, Ian. ''A Dictionary of Scottish Phrase and Fable''. Birlinn, 2012. * Schlicke, Paul. ''The Oxford Companion to Charles Dickens: Anniversary Edition''. OUP Oxford, 2011. * Sutherland, John. ''The Longman Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Crossley (author)
James Crossley FSA (31 March 1800 – 1 August 1883) was an English lawyer, author, bibliophile and literary scholar who was President of the Chetham Society from 1847 to 1883 and President of the Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire from 1878 to 1883. Life James Crossley was born in Halifax on 31 March 1800, and moved to Manchester in 1816. Some of his early essays were published in the ''Retrospective Review''. He perpetrated a literary fraud, the forging of ''Fragment on Mummies'', supposedly by Sir Thomas Browne, that was a highly successful hoax. The bogus nature of the ''Fragment'', given by Crossley to Simon Wilkin to publish, is now regarded as highly probable, but Crossley never precisely confessed to it. He set up the Chetham Society in 1843, with Thomas Corser, Francis Robert Raines and others: it was named after Humphrey Chetham and its purpose was to edit and publish historical works relating to Lancashire and Cheshire. In the following years he personall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hardy Vaux
James Hardy Vaux (c. 1782 - after 1841) was an English-born Convicts in Australia, convict transported to Australia on three separate occasions. He was the author of ''Memoirs of James Hardy Vaux'' including ''A Vocabulary of the Flash Language'', first published in 1819, which is regarded as both the first full length autobiography and first dictionary written in Australia.Australian Dictionary of Biography, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/vaux-james-hardy-2756 Early life Born in Surrey, England, James Hardy Vaux was the son of Hardy Vaux, butler and house steward to George Holme Sumner of Hatchlands Park, and his wife Sophia, the daughter of an attorney. Vaux spent much of his childhood living with his maternal grandparents in Shropshire, England. At age 14, Vaux was apprenticed to a linen draper in Liverpool. He was initially well behaved, but soon developed Rake (character), rakish habits, staying out late at night and disappearing to cock fights during the day. He began p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray ( ; 18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English novelist and illustrator. He is known for his Satire, satirical works, particularly his 1847–1848 novel ''Vanity Fair (novel), Vanity Fair'', a panoramic portrait of British society, and the 1844 novel ''The Luck of Barry Lyndon'', which was Barry Lyndon, adapted for a 1975 film by Stanley Kubrick. Thackeray was born in Calcutta, British India, and was sent to England after his father's death in 1815. He studied at various schools and briefly attended Trinity College, Cambridge, before leaving to travel Europe. Thackeray squandered much of his inheritance on gambling and unsuccessful newspapers. He turned to journalism to support his family, primarily working for ''Fraser's Magazine'', ''The Times'', and ''Punch (magazine), Punch''. His wife Isabella suffered from mental illness. Thackeray gained fame with his novel ''Vanity Fair'' and produced several other notable works. He unsuccessfully ran f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Child Abandonment
A child () is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. The term may also refer to an unborn human being. In English-speaking countries, the legal definition of ''child'' generally refers to a minor, in this case as a person younger than the local age of majority (there are exceptions such as, for example, the consume and purchase of alcoholic beverage even after said age of majority), regardless of their physical, mental and sexual development as biological adults. Children generally have fewer rights and responsibilities than adults. They are generally classed as unable to make serious decisions. ''Child'' may also describe a relationship with a parent (such as sons and daughters of any age) or, metaphorically, an authority figure, or signify group membership in a clan, tribe, or religion; it can also signify being strongly affected by a specific time, place, or circumstance, as in "a child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 dialogue that is often bombastic or extremely sentimentality, sentimental, rather than on action. Characters are often Character (arts)#Round vs. flat, flat and written to fulfill established character archetypes. Melodramas are typically set in the private sphere of the home, focusing on morality, family issues, love, and marriage, often with challenges from an outside source, such as a "temptress", a scoundrel, or an aristocratic villain. A melodrama on stage, film, or television is usually accompanied by dramatic and suggestive music that offers further cues to the audience of the dramatic beats being presented. In scholarly and historical musical contexts, melodramas are Victorian era, Victorian dramas in which orchestral music or son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Life And Death Of Jonathan Wild, The Great
''The Life and Death of the Late Jonathan Wild, the Great'' is a satiric novel by Henry Fielding. It was published in 1743 in Fielding's ''Miscellanies'', third volume. It is a satiric account of the life of London underworld boss Jonathan Wild (1682–1725). It is an experiment in the various narrative genres that were popular at the time: serious history, criminal biography, political satire, and picaresque novel. Some have argued that it is mainly a satire on Britain's first Prime Minister Robert Walpole, who was continuously charged by his political enemies with allegations of corruption. Plot summary The book tells the satiric biographical story of an early 18th-century underworld boss, Jonathan Wild Jonathan Wild, also spelled Wilde (1682 or 1683 – 24 May 1725), was an English thief-taker and a major figure in London's criminal underworld, notable for operating on both sides of the law, posing as a public-spirited vigilante entitled th ..., from his birth in 1682 u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding (22 April 1707 – 8 October 1754) was an English writer and magistrate known for the use of humour and satire in his works. His 1749 comic novel ''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'' was a seminal work in the genre. Along with Samuel Richardson, Fielding is seen as the founder of the traditional English novel. He also played an important role in the history of law enforcement in the United Kingdom, using his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, London's first professional Police, police force. Early life Henry Fielding was born on 22 April 1707 at Sharpham Park, the seat of his mother's family in Sharpham, Somerset. He was the son of Lt.-Gen. Edmund Fielding and Sarah Gould, daughter of Sir Henry Gould. A scion of the Earl of Denbigh, his father was nephew of William Fielding, 3rd Earl of Denbigh. Educated at Eton College, Fielding began a lifelong friendship with William Pitt the Elder. His mother died when he was 11. A suit for custod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Industry And Idleness
''Industry and Idleness'' is the title of a series of 12 plot-linked engravings created by the English artist William Hogarth in 1747, intending to illustrate to working children the possible rewards of hard work and diligent application and the sure disasters attending a lack of both. Unlike his earlier works, such as ''A Harlot's Progress'' (1731) and '' Marriage à-la-mode'' (1743), which were painted first and subsequently converted to engravings, ''Industry and Idleness'' was created solely as a set of engravings. Each of the prints was sold for one shilling each so 12 shillings for the entire set, which is . It may be assumed that these prints were aimed for a wider and less wealthy market than his earlier works. The originals currently reside at the British Museum. Antecedents Hogarth was far from the first to attempt to dramatically display parallel lives leading from the same start to opposite ends. Paulson suggests two: the plays "Eastward Hoe" (Revived after Hogar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
