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Twenty-One Stories
''Twenty-One Stories'' (1954) is a collection of short stories by Graham Greene. All but the last three stories appeared in his earlier 1947 collection ''Nineteen Stories'' (one story, "The Other Side Of The Border," was not included in the later collection) Stories The collection usually presents the stories in reverse chronological order #" The End of the Party" (1929) #"The Second Death" (1929) #" Proof Positive" (1930) #"I Spy" (1930) #" A Day Saved" (1935) #"Jubilee" (1936) #"Brother" (1936) #" A Chance for Mr Lever" (1936) #" The Basement Room" (1936) (adapted by the author as '' The Fallen Idol'', a film directed by Carol Reed) #" The Innocent" (1937) #" A Drive in the Country" (1937) #" Across the Bridge" (1938) (made into a 1957 film starring Rod Steiger) #" A Little Place off the Edgware Road" (1939) #" The Case for the Defence" (1939) #" Alas, Poor Maling" (1940) #"Men at Work" (1940) #" Greek Meets Greek" (1941) #" The Hint of an Explanation" (1948) #" The Blue Film" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Across The Bridge (film)
''Across the Bridge'' is a 1957 British thriller film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Rod Steiger, David Knight and Bernard Lee. It is based on the 1938 short story " Across the Bridge" by Graham Greene. According to his obituary, it was director Annakin's favourite film. Plot Carl Schaffner (Rod Steiger) is a widowed British businessman, born in Germany, who flees to Mexico with the police hot on his heels after stealing company funds. He has a fortune stashed in a Mexican bank to keep it out of reach of the British authorities. While traveling by train, Schaffner drugs and switches identities with fellow train passenger Paul Scarff (Bill Nagy), who looks like him and has a Mexican passport. He throws Scarff off the train, injuring Scarff. As part of the ruse, Carl is forced to take possession of Scarff's dog. The plan seems foolproof, but it backfires when Carl, discovers that Scarff is a wanted political assassin. Carl tracks down Scarff, who is incapacitated by his inj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 Short Story Collections
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Books By Graham Greene
A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many page (paper), pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bookbinding, bound together and protected by a book cover, cover. The technical term for this physical arrangement is ''codex'' (plural, ''codices''). In the history of hand-held physical supports for extended written compositions or records, the codex replaces its predecessor, the scroll. A single sheet in a codex is a Recto, leaf and each side of a leaf is a page (paper), page. As an intellectual object, a book is prototypically a composition of such great length that it takes a considerable investment of time to compose and still considered as an investment of time to read. In a restricted sense, a book is a self-sufficient section or part of a longer composition, a usage reflecting that, in antiquity, long works had to be written on several scrolls and each scroll had to be identified by the book it co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Destructors named after the place where they live. The protagonist Trevor, or "T.", devises a plan to destroy a beautiful two-hundred-year-old house that survived
"The Destructors" is a 1954 short story written by Graham Greene, first published in ''Picture Post'' and subsequently collected in '' Twenty-One Stories'' later that year.gang |
Special Duties (Greene Story)
Special Duties are a British punk rock band from Colchester, Essex. History Special Duties was created in October 1977 by schoolfellows Steve Green (Aka Arrogant), Steve Norris (Aka Duty) and Nigel Baker. They were punks at school, but the idea of forming their own band came when they saw The Adverts in Colchester. The fact that the three schoolboys couldn't play and didn't own any instruments didn't discourage them. They decided to put Arrogant on vocals, Duty on guitar and Baker on Bass. The band was originally going to be named X-pelled, but they switched to Special Duties when a box of around 200 badges with "Special Duties" printed on them which had been stolen from a school in Colchester came into their possession, the band deciding that they could save money on getting badges made by simply changing their name to match the stolen ones. For their debut live show, the band spread the word through the underground punk grapevine that they would performing a free gig unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blue Film
"The Blue Film" (1954) is a short story by the English novelist Graham Greene. The story is set in Thailand. It was adapted for television as part of the 1970s series '' Shades of Greene'', and starred Betsy Blair, Baron Casanov, Koo Stark Kathleen Norris Stark (born April 26, 1956), better known as Koo Stark, is an American photographer and actress, known for her relationship with Prince Andrew. She is a patron of the Julia Margaret Cameron Trust, which runs the museum of the Vic ..., and Brian Cox.blue film References 1954 short stories Short stories by Graham Greene {{1950s-story-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hint Of An Explanation
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Meets Greek
Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all known varieties of Greek. **Mycenaean Greek, most ancient attested form of the language (16th to 11th centuries BC). **Ancient Greek, forms of the language used c. 1000–330 BC. **Koine Greek, common form of Greek spoken and written during Classical antiquity. **Medieval Greek or Byzantine Language, language used between the Middle Ages and the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople. **Modern Greek, varieties spoken in the modern era (from 1453 AD). *Greek alphabet, script used to write the Greek language. *Greek Orthodox Church, several Churches of the Eastern Orthodox Church. *Ancient Greece, the ancient civilization before the end of Antiquity. * Old Greek, the language as spoken from Late Antiquity to around 1500 AD. Other uses * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men At Work (Greene Story)
Men at Work are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1978 and best known for breakthrough hits such as " Down Under", "Who Can It Be Now?", "Be Good Johnny", "Overkill", and "It's a Mistake". Its founding member and frontman is Colin Hay, who performs on lead vocals and guitar. After playing as an acoustic duo with Ron Strykert during 1978–1979, Hay formed the group with Strykert playing bass guitar and Jerry Speiser on drums. They were soon joined by Greg Ham on flute, saxophone, and keyboards and John Rees on bass guitar, with Strykert switching back to lead guitar. The group was managed by Russell Depeller, a friend of Hay, whom he met at La Trobe University. This line-up achieved national and international success during the early to mid-1980s. In January 1983, they were the first Australian artists to have a simultaneous No. 1 album and No. 1 single on the United States ''Billboard'' charts: '' Business as Usual'' (released on 9 November 1981) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alas, Poor Maling
"Alas, Poor Maling" is a short story by Graham Greene. It was first published in 1940. Plot summary The story is told in first-person narrative, first person by an unnamed narrator who has a friend named Maling. Maling is afflicted with an unusual medical affliction which his doctors label "borborygmi" and his friends label "tummy rumbles". Maling's case of this disease is unusual in that his stomach rumblings echo sounds they have recently "heard". An example is given where Maling's stomach repeats the opening of a Johannes Brahms, Brahms Concerto. The narrator then tells the story of how Maling's unusual stomach condition caused the bankruptcy of the company he worked for. During an important meeting in which Maling's company negotiated a merger, Maling's stomach imitates the air raid siren that was sounded in London during the Blitz. The officers of the company retreat to a bomb shelter because Maling is ashamed to admit that his stomach is responsible. As no all-clear is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Case For The Defence
"The Case for the Defence" is a short story by Graham Greene which is about a case which takes unusual turns. Published in 1939, it is a part of the short-story collection ''Twenty-One Stories ''Twenty-One Stories'' (1954) is a collection of short stories by Graham Greene. All but the last three stories appeared in his earlier 1947 collection ''Nineteen Stories'' (one story, "The Other Side Of The Border," was not included in the later ...''. Summary "The Case for the Defence" tells the story of a case known as the "Peckham Murder", in which an old woman named Mrs. Parker has been murdered in the middle of the night by a heavy stout man named Mr. Adams. There are several witnesses, the main one being Mrs. Salmon, who glimpsed Mr. Adams' face after seeing him on the steps of Mrs. Parker's house hiding a hammer. At the trial, Mrs. Salmon presents her account firmly and honestly, and is confident that the heavy man in the dock is Mr. Adams. She presented her testimony with honesty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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