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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 publi ... [...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 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 * Sheppard (name) * Sheppard (band), an Australian Brisbane-based rock band ** ''Sheppard'' (EP) See also * Shepherd (other) * Shepard (other) Shepard may refer to: *A common misspelling of shepherd *Alan Shepard, American astronaut and member of the Apollo 14 moon mission * Shepard, Alberta, Canada *Shepard, Missouri, a ghost town *Shepard (name) *Shepard tone, a sound consisting of a su ... {{disambiguation ru:Шепард ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meriton Latroon
Meriton is an Australian property developer and construction company founded by Harry Triguboff AO, its managing director, in 1963. Meriton sells apartments and also operates serviced apartments 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 ... [...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 may refer to: Places Scotland * Crichton, Midlothian, Scotland, which is also the site of ** Crichton Castle * The Crichton, Dumfries, part of the University of Glasgow and other institutions * Crichton Royal Hospital, part of Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary * Crichton F.C., a Dumfries football club Canada * Crichton, Saskatchewan, an unincorporated community in Canada * Crichton Park, Nova Scotia, a neighborhood in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada United States * Crichton, Alabama, a neighborhood of Mobile * Crichton, Louisiana, an unincorporated community, United States * Crichton, West Virginia, an unincorporated community, United States * Crichton College, a Christian liberal arts college in Memphis, Tennessee, United States Fiction * Robert Crichton (comics) * John Crichton, a character of the television series ''Farscape'' * Crichton, a robotic character in the television series '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' Shipbuilding * Wm. Crichton & Co., a Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Crossley (author)
James Crossley FSA (1800 – 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 He was born in Halifax, 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 personally edited many of its publications: including th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hardy Vaux
James Hardy Vaux (born 1782, living 1841, date of death unknown) was an English-born 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 rakish habits, staying out late at night and disappearing to cock fights during the day. He began pilfering small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray (; 18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was a British novelist, author and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1848 novel '' Vanity Fair'', a panoramic portrait of British society, and the 1844 novel ''The Luck of Barry Lyndon'', which was adapted for a 1975 film by Stanley Kubrick. Biography Thackeray, an only child, was born in Calcutta, British India, where his father, Richmond Thackeray (1 September 1781 – 13 September 1815), was secretary to the Board of Revenue in the East India Company. His mother, Anne Becher (1792–1864), was the second daughter of Harriet Becher and John Harman Becher, who was also a secretary (writer) for the East India Company. His father was a grandson of Thomas Thackeray (1693–1760), headmaster of Harrow School."THACKE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Child Abandonment
Child abandonment is the practice of relinquishing interests and claims over one's offspring in an illegal way, with the intent of never resuming or reasserting guardianship. The phrase is typically used to describe the physical abandonment of a child, but it can also include severe cases of neglect and emotional abandonment, such as when parents fail to provide financial and emotional support for children over an extended period of time. An abandoned child is referred to as a foundling (as opposed to a runaway or an orphan). Baby dumping refers to parents leaving a child younger than 12 months in a public or private place with the intent of terminating their care for the child. It is also known as rehoming when adoptive parents use illegal means, such as the internet, to find new homes for their children. In the case where child abandonment is anonymous within the first 12 months, it may be referred to as secret child abandonment. In the United States and many other countries, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodrama
A modern melodrama is a dramatic work in which the plot, typically sensationalized and for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodramas typically concentrate on dialogue that is often bombastic or excessively sentimental, rather than action. Characters are often flat, and written to fulfill stereotypes. Melodramas are typically set in the private sphere of the home, focusing on morality and 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, filmed, or on television is usually accompanied by dramatic and suggestive music that offers cues to the audience of the drama being presented. In scholarly and historical musical contexts, ''melodramas'' are Victorian dramas in which orchestral music or song was used to accompany the action. The term is now also applied to stage performances without incidental music, novels, films, tel ... [...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 a London underworld figure notable for operating on both sides of the law, posing as a public-spirited vigilante entitled the "'' Thief-Taker General''". He simultaneously ran ..., 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 novelist, irony writer, and dramatist known for earthy humour and satire. His comic novel '' Tom Jones'' is still widely appreciated. He and Samuel Richardson are seen as founders of the traditional English novel. He also holds a place in the history of law enforcement, having used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, London's first intermittently funded, full-time police force. Early life Fielding was born 22 April 1707 at Sharpham, Somerset, and educated at Eton College, where he began a lifelong friendship with William Pitt the Elder. His mother died when he was 11. A suit for custody was brought by his grandmother against his charming but irresponsible father, Lt Gen. Edmund Fielding. The settlement placed Henry in his grandmother's care, but he continued to see his father in London. In 1725, Henry tried to abduct his cousin Sarah Andrews (with whom he was infatuated) while she was on ... [...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 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 1 /– each so 12/– for the entire set, which is equivalent in purchasing power to approximately £80 STG as of 2005. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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