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The Darling (other)
The Darling may refer to: * "The Darling" (short story), a 1899 short story by Anton Chekhov * ''The Darling'' (novel), a 2005 novel by Russell Banks * The Darlings, a fictional family of musicians on sitcom ''The Andy Griffith Show'' *'' Les biches'', a ballet also known as ''The Darlings'' See also * * Darling (other) * The Little Darlings (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Darling, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Darling (short Story)
"The Darling" () is a short story by Russian author Anton Chekhov, first published in the No.1, 1899, issue of ''Semya'' (Family) magazine, on January 3, in Moscow. Later, Chekhov included it into Volume 9 of his Collected Works, published by Adolf Marks. The story follows the life of a woman who is referred to by others as "darling" for her generosity and submissive nature. Background Anton Chekhov started writing short comic stories while attending medical school to help pay for school and his family. He finally became a full-time writer in 1892 and wrote his famous stories such as "Neighbors", "Ward Number Six", "The Black Monk", and "The Murder". Chekhov is known throughout Russia, but remained unknown internationally up until World War I, when the majority of his works were translated into English. The main character of Olenka may be based in part on Chekhov's mother, who had deeply loved her own father, traveling all over Russia with him as a fabric merchant, and who stayed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Darling (novel)
''The Darling'' is a historical novel written by Russell Banks, and published on October 12, 2004, by HarperCollins. Summary The novel is narrated by Hannah Musgrave, a woman in her fifties reflecting back on her life as a politically radical student who later became a member of the Weathermen and changes her name to Dawn Carrington. After a series of failed relationships with men, Dawn takes on a young mother named Carol as her lover and lives with her and her daughter Bettina while carrying on secret activities for the weathermen. After Zack, another member of her cell, erroneously tells her that they are both wanted by drug dealers, she flees with him to Ghana before moving on to the city of Monrovia in Liberia in 1975. There she meets and eventually marries the Minister of Public Health, Woodrow Sundiata, who is aware of her political past but is willing to overlook it because of the status that a white American woman brings to his family. Their marriage is one of conveni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Darlings
The Darlings are a fictional family of musically inclined hillbillies in the American TV sitcom '' The Andy Griffith Show''. Overview The Darlings (usually pronounced "Darlin's") lived in a mountain shack somewhere in the mountains neighboring Mayberry. The good-natured, but trouble-making Appalachian clan, led by patriarch Briscoe Darling ( Denver Pyle) usually came into town when they had some sort of problem that Sheriff Andy Taylor had to resolve. Briscoe was the widowed father of five grown children (four sons and one daughter) who all lived together, and each had a different musical talent. All together, the members of the family formed a bluegrass band. They had their own set of values and rules and had little concern for matters that went on outside of their family. Due to their secluded lifestyle, their lack of social grace, and their superstitious belief in mountain lore, they were perceived by the people of Mayberry as being somewhat backward and ignorant. Their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darling (other)
Darling is a term of endearment of Old English origin. Darling or Darlin' or Darlings may also refer to: People * Darling (surname) *Darling Jimenez (born 1980), American boxer *Darling Légitimus, stage name of Mathilda Paruta (1907–1999), French actress * Ender Darling (born 1990 or 1991), American neopagan witch *Prabhas (born 1979), Indian film actor, sometimes nicknamed Darling Places Australia *Darling Downs, a region in Queensland *Darling Harbour, Sydney * Darling Heights, Queensland *Darling Point, Sydney *Darling River * Darling Scarp, an escarpment in Western Australia *Darling Street, Balmain, Sydney * Darling railway station, Melbourne Canada * Darling, Alberta Nepal * Darling, Baglung, a Village Development Committee (administrative region) * Darling, Lumbini, a village and municipality United States *Darling, Arizona (other) * Darling, Mississippi, a census-designated place * Darling, Pennsylvania, a ghost town * Darling Run, a stream in Ohio Elsewhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |