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Inheritor (other)
Inheritor or Inheritors may refer to: Film and stage * ''Inheritors'' (play), by Susan Glaspell * ''The Inheritors'' (original title ), a 1970 Argentine film * ''The Inheritors'' (1982 film) ( de) (original title ), an Austrian film directed by Walter Bannert * ''The Inheritors'' (1998 film) (original title ), an Austrian-German film directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky Music * ''The Inheritors'' (album), by James Holden Television * "The Inheritors" (''The Outer Limits'') * "The Inheritors" (''The Outer Limits'' 1995) * ''The Inheritors'' (TV series) or ''The Heirs'', a 2013 South Korean television series * ''The Inheritors'' (1974 TV series), a 1974 British TV series written by Michael Hardwick Novels and comics * ''The Inheritor'' (novel), a 1930 novel by E.F. Benson * ''Inheritor'' (novel), a 1996 novel set in C. J. Cherryh's Foreigner universe * Inheritors, by Brian Penton * ''The Inheritors'' (Conrad and Ford novel), by Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford * ''The Inheri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inheritors (play)
''Inheritors'' is a four-act play written by the American dramatist Susan Glaspell, first performed in . The play concerns the legacy of an idealistic farmer who wills his highly coveted midwest farmland to the establishment of a college (Act I). Forty years later, when his granddaughter stands up for the rights of Hindu nationals to protest at the college her grandfather founded, she jeopardizes funding for the college itself and sets herself against her own uncle, the president of the institution's trustees (Act II and III). Ultimately, she defies her family's wishes, and as a consequence is bound for prison herself (Act IV). The play was a defense of free speech and an individual's ability to stand for his or her own ideal during a time of aggressive anti-Communist politics in the US. ''Inheritors'' was first performed at Provincetown Playhouse on April 27 1921.Bigsby, C.W.E. Plays by Susan Glaspell. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. 103. It was revived in New Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Inheritor (novel)
''The Inheritor'' is a 1930 mystery novel by the British writer E.F. Benson, best known as the author of the Mapp and Lucia series. Like his earlier 1901 novel '' The Luck of the Vails'' it revolves around a curse plaguing a wealthy family. While that had downplayed the supernatural elements in favour of a crime approach ''The Inheritor'', one of his final works, was more ambiguous.Joshi p.150 Synopsis A long-standing curse hangs over the Gervase family for generations, but unexpectedly the current heir Cambridge University , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ... student Stephen Gervase appears normal and untouched by the spell. References Bibliography * Joshi, S. T. ''Icons of Horror and the Supernatural: An Encyclopaedia of Our Worst Nightmares, Volume 1''. Greenwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inheritance (other)
Inheritance is the transferring of property and debt upon a death to a beneficiary. Inheritance, or The Inheritance, may also refer to: Computer science * Inheritance (genetic algorithm) * Inheritance (object-oriented programming) Films * ''The Inheritance'', American title of the 1947 British film ''Uncle Silas'' * ''The Inheritance'' (1976 film), an Italian drama by Mauro Bolognini * ''The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday'', a 1992 Czech comedy film by Věra Chytilová * ''The Inheritance'' (1997 film), an American television film starring Meredith Baxter and Tom Conti * ''Inheritance'' (2001 film), an Argentine drama by Paula Hernández * ''The Inheritance'' (2003 film), also known as ''Arven'' in Danish, by Per Fly * ''Inheritance'' (2006 film), documentary by James Moll about the daughter of a concentration camp commandant * ''The Inheritance'' (2007 film), a Scottish road movie * ''Inheritance'' (2012 film), by Hiam Abbass * ''The Inheritance'' (2014 film), a do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inheritors (comics)
The Inheritors are a supervillain group which appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The family of Morlun, they typically are enemies of Spider-Man and the iterations of him. Publication history The Inheritors, who made their first appearance in ''The Superior Spider-Man'' #33 as part of the "Spider-Verse" storyline, were created by Christos Gage and M. A. Sepulveda, based on the Ancients, an earlier version of Morlun's family introduced in the 2006 novel '' Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours'', written by Jim Butcher. "Spider-Geddon" again depicts the Inheritors; Gage said, "They’re terrific villains – they literally eat spider-people! They’re like vampires who feed on their life forces. And now that they're back, they have a score to settle. They’re trying to recapture their former power and glory, and God help anyone who gets in the way." Fictional history The Inheritors are a clan of totem hunters from Earth-001 who feed from animal, human and de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Inheritors (Golding Novel)
''The Inheritors'' is a work of prehistoric fiction and the second novel by the British author William Golding, best known for his first novel, ''Lord of the Flies'' (1954). It concerns the extinction of one of the last remaining tribes of Neanderthals at the hands of the more sophisticated ''Homo sapiens''. It was published by Faber and Faber in 1955. Background Like ''Lord of the Flies'', ''The Inheritors'' began life in a Bishop Wordsworth's School notebook. This handwritten manuscript and the typescript that ensued are now held in the University of Exeter's Special Collections Archives, where they can be used for further research and study. Golding began work on ''The Inheritors'' in the autumn of 1954, mere weeks after the publication of ''Lord of the Flies''; Golding was concerned that he would be unable to write another novel and had sent a 'long, anxious letter in return' to his editor Charles Monteith when asked what his next publication would be. He had started writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Robbins
Harold Robbins (May 21, 1916 – October 14, 1997) was an American author of popular novels. One of the best-selling writers of all time, he wrote over 25 best-sellers, selling over 750 million copies in 32 languages. Early life Robbins was born Harold Rubin in New York City, the son of Frances "Fannie" Smith and Charles Rubin. His parents were well-educated Jewish emigrants from the Russian Empire, his father from Odessa and his mother from Neshwies (Nyasvizh), south of Minsk. Robbins later falsely claimed to be a Jewish orphan who had been raised in a Catholic boys' home. Instead he was raised by his father, a pharmacist, and his stepmother, Blanche, in Brooklyn. Robbins dropped out of high school in the late 1920s to work in a variety of jobs, including errand boy, bookies' runner, and inventory clerk in a grocers. He was employed by Universal Pictures from 1940 to 1957, starting off as a clerk and rising to an executive. Work His first book was ''Never Love a Stranger'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Inheritors (Conrad And Ford Novel)
''The Inheritors: An Extravagant Story'' (1901) is a quasi-science fiction novel on which Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford (writing as Ford M. Heuffer) collaborated. Written before the first World War, its themes of corruption and the effect of the 20th century on British aristocracy were prescient. It was first published in London by William Heinemann and later the same year in New York by McClure, Phillips and Company. In the novel, the metaphor of the " fourth dimension" is used to explain a societal shift from a generation of people who have traditional values of interdependence, being overtaken by a modern generation who believe in expediency, callously using political power to bring down the old order. Its narrator is an aspiring writer who himself makes a similar transition at a personal level only to feel he has lost everything. Plot introduction The inheritors are a breed of cold materialists, calling themselves Fourth Dimensionists, whose task is to occupy the earth. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Penton
Brian Con Penton (21 August 1904 – 24 August 1951) was an Australian journalist and novelist. He was born at Ascot, a suburb of Brisbane, and educated at Brisbane Grammar School. Writing career In 1921 Penton found employment as a copy-boy on the ''Brisbane Courier'' and went on to work on The Sydney Morning Herald, ''The Daily Express'' and ''The Daily Mail'' in London and Sir Frank Packer's ''The Daily Telegraph'' in Sydney. He eventually became the editor of ''The Daily Telegraph''. He also did some speech-writing for the Australian prime minister Stanley Melbourne Bruce, and for Bruce's predecessor Billy Hughes. In addition, he worked as a political and social commentator and published a number of works criticizing the political regimes of the day. Penton wrote two novels, which sold quite well: '' Landtakers'' (1934), which chronicles pioneering life in Queensland from 1824 to 1864, and a sequel ''Inheritors'' (1936). One of the principal characters in these books is said ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inheritor (novel)
The ''Foreigner'' series is a science fiction book series set in a fictional universe created by American writer C. J. Cherryh. The series centers on the descendants of a ship lost in transit from Earth en route to found a new space station. It consists of a series of semi-encapsulated trilogy arcs (or sequences) that focus on the life of Bren Cameron, the human ''paidhi'', a translator-diplomat to the court of the ruling atevi race. Currently twenty one novels have been published between 1994 and 2020. Cherryh has also self-published two ebook short story prequels to the series, "Deliberations" (October 2012) and "Invitations" (August 2013). Cherryh calls the series "First Contact". Four of the books were shortlisted for the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. Works Trilogy arc 1 * ''Foreigner'' (1994) * ''Invader'' (1995) * ''Inheritor'' (1996) Trilogy arc 2 * ''Precursor'' (1999) * ''Defender'' (2001) * ''Explorer'' (2002) Trilogy arc 3 * ''Destroyer'' (2005) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Hardwick
John Michael Drinkrow Hardwick (10 September 1924 in Leeds, Yorkshire − 4 March 1991), known as Michael Hardwick, was an English author who was best known for writing books and radio plays which featured Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes. He adapted most of the episodes of the Sherlock Holmes BBC radio series 1952–1969. Personal life Hardwick married fellow author Mollie Hardwick in 1961. Together they co-wrote numerous different books, not just on the subject of Sherlock Holmes, but also Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, George Bernard Shaw and other giants of the literary landscape. Between them they also produced novelisations from successful television series such as Upstairs, Downstairs, The Cedar Tree, Bergerac, The Chinese Detective and Tenko. Sherlock Holmes Hardwick penned a dramatisation of "The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet" for the BBC Light Programme in 1959, which starred Carleton Hobbs as Sherlock Holmes and Norman Shelley as Doctor Wats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Inheritors (1982 Film)
Inheritor or Inheritors may refer to: Film and stage * ''Inheritors'' (play), by Susan Glaspell * ''The Inheritors'' (1970 film) (original title ), a 1970 Argentine film * ''The Inheritors'' (1982 film) ( de) (original title ), an Austrian film directed by Walter Bannert * ''The Inheritors'' (1998 film) (original title ), an Austrian-German film directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky Music * ''The Inheritors'' (album), by James Holden Television * "The Inheritors" (''The Outer Limits'') * "The Inheritors" (''The Outer Limits'' 1995) * ''The Inheritors'' (TV series) or ''The Heirs'', a 2013 South Korean television series * ''The Inheritors'' (1974 TV series), a 1974 British TV series Novels and comics * ''The Inheritor'' (novel), a 1930 novel by E.F. Benson * ''Inheritor'' (novel), a 1996 novel set in C. J. Cherryh's Foreigner universe * Inheritors, by Brian Penton * ''The Inheritors'' (Conrad and Ford novel), by Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford * ''The Inheritors'' (Robbins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Inheritors (1974 TV Series)
Inheritor or Inheritors may refer to: Film and stage * ''Inheritors'' (play), by Susan Glaspell * ''The Inheritors'' (1970 film) (original title ), a 1970 Argentine film * ''The Inheritors'' (1982 film) ( de) (original title ), an Austrian film directed by Walter Bannert * ''The Inheritors'' (1998 film) (original title ), an Austrian-German film directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky Music * ''The Inheritors'' (album), by James Holden Television * "The Inheritors" (''The Outer Limits'') * "The Inheritors" (''The Outer Limits'' 1995) * ''The Inheritors'' (TV series) or ''The Heirs'', a 2013 South Korean television series * ''The Inheritors'' (1974 TV series), a 1974 British TV series Novels and comics * ''The Inheritor'' (novel), a 1930 novel by E.F. Benson * ''Inheritor'' (novel), a 1996 novel set in C. J. Cherryh's Foreigner universe * Inheritors, by Brian Penton * ''The Inheritors'' (Conrad and Ford novel), by Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford * ''The Inheritors'' (Robbins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
