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The Channings (novel)
''The Channings'' is an 1862 two-volume novel by the British writer Ellen Wood. A man takes responsibility for a theft he believes his brother has committed. His brother is really innocent of the crime, and the real culprit is later caught. In 1920, the novel was adapted into a silent film of the same name directed by Edwin J. Collins and starring Lionelle Howard and Dick Webb. References English novels 1862 British novels British novels adapted into films Novels by Ellen Wood Victorian novels {{1860s-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Wood (author)
Ellen Wood (née Price) (17 January 1814 – 10 February 1887), better known as Mrs. Henry Wood, was an English novelist. She is best remembered for her 1861 novel '' East Lynne''. Many of her books sold well internationally and were widely read in the United States. In her time, she surpassed Charles Dickens in fame in Australia. Life Price was born in Worcester, on 17 January 1814. In 1836 she married Henry Wood, who worked in the banking and shipping trade in Dauphiné in the south of France, where they lived for 20 years. On the failure of Wood's business, the family (including four children) returned to England and settled in Upper Norwood near London, where Ellen Wood turned to writing. This supported the family. Henry Wood died in 1866. She wrote over 30 novels, many of which (especially ''East Lynne'') enjoyed remarkable popularity. Among the best known are ''Danesbury House'', ''Oswald Cray'', ''Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles'', '' The Channings'', ''Lord Oakburn's Daughte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Channings (film)
''The Channings'' is a 1920 British silent crime film directed by Edwin J. Collins and starring Lionelle Howard, Dick Webb and Dorothy Moody. It was based on the 1862 novel '' The Channings'' by Ellen Wood. Cast * Lionelle Howard as Arthur Channing * Dick Webb as Hamish Channing * Dorothy Moody as Constance Channing * Cowley Wright as Roland Yorke * Charles Vane Charles Vane (c. 1680 – 29 March 1721) was an English pirate who operated in the Bahamas during the end of the Golden Age of Piracy. Vane was likely born in the Kingdom of England around 1680. One of his first pirate ventures was under the l ... as Huntley * Frank Arlton as Galloway References External links * 1920 films 1920 crime films British crime films Films directed by Edwin J. Collins Films based on British novels British silent feature films British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films English-language crime films {{1920s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin J
The name Edwin means "wealth-friend". It comes from (wealth, good fortune) and (friend). Thus the Old English form is Ēadwine, a name widely attested in early medieval England. Edwina is the feminine form of the name. Notable people and characters with the name include: Historical figures * Edwin of Northumbria (died 632 or 633), King of Northumbria and Christian saint * Edwin (son of Edward the Elder) (died 933) * Eadwine of Sussex (died 982), Ealdorman of Sussex * Eadwine of Abingdon (died 990), Abbot of Abingdon * Edwin, Earl of Mercia (died 1071), brother-in-law of Harold Godwinson (Harold II) * Edwin Sandys (bishop) (1519–1588), Archbishop of York Modern era * E. W. Abeygunasekera, Sri Lankan Sinhala politician * Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838–1926), English schoolmaster, theologian, and Anglican priest * Edwin Ariyadasa (1922–2021), Sri Lankan Sinhala journalist * Edwin Arrieta Arteaga (died 2023), Colombian murder victim * Edwin Austin Abbey (1852–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionelle Howard
Lionelle Howard (1886 – 13 September 1930) was a British actor of the silent era who was born as Francis Nathan Coxin in Cirencester, Gloucestershire and died in Uxbridge, Middlesex. He appeared in a number of productions made by Astra Films in the years after the First World War. Selected filmography * ''Old St. Paul's (film), Old St. Paul's'' (1914) * ''Barnaby Rudge (film), Barnaby Rudge'' (1915) * ''The Man Who Stayed at Home (1915 film), The Man Who Stayed at Home'' (1915) * ''The Nightbirds of London'' (1915) * ''The Golden Pavement'' (1915) * ''Her Boy (1915 film), Her Boy'' (1915) * ''The Grand Babylon Hotel (1916 film), The Grand Babylon Hotel'' (1916) * ''Trelawny of the Wells (film), Trelawny of the Wells'' (1916) * ''Annie Laurie (1916 film), Annie Laurie'' (1916) * ''A Bunch of Violets (film), A Bunch of Violets'' (1916) * ''The Marriage of William Ashe (1916 film), The Marriage of William Ashe'' (1916) * ''Sowing the Wind (1916 film), Sowing the Wind'' (1916) * ''M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Webb (actor)
Dick Webb was a British stage and film actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * '' Kent, the Fighting Man'' (1916) * '' Angel Esquire'' (1919) * '' The Channings'' (1920) * ''Miss Charity'' (1921) * '' The Croxley Master'' (1921) * ''The Scarlet Letter'' (1922) * ''Potter's Clay'' (1922) * ''Young Lochinvar ''Young Lochinvar'' is a 1923 British silent historical drama film directed by W. P. Kellino and starring Owen Nares, Gladys Jennings, and Dick Webb. The screenplay was based on J. E. Muddock’s 1896 novel ''Young Lochinvar, A Tale of the B ...'' (1923) References External links * Year of birth missing Year of death missing English male silent film actors English male stage actors 20th-century English male actors {{England-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Novels
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1862 British Novels
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British Novels Adapted Into Films
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Novels By Ellen Wood
A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning 'new'. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, Medieval Chivalric romance, and the tradition of the Italian Renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, in the historical romances of Walter Scott and the Gothic novel. Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, and John Cowper Powys, preferred the term ''romance''. Such romances should not be confused with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
