Gossip Lady in Portsmouth Cemetery
This week, Gossip Lady meets up with Roxie Zwicker and New England Curiosities to hear stories in the oldest common burial ground in New Hampshire located in Portsmouth. For more see seacoastonline.com/gossiplady
BEAT ANY ESCAPE ROOM- 10 proven tricks and tips
10 tips to dominate any Escape room- Prepare your brain for the Escape room using Brilliant.org. First 200 people get 20% off!!
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-8 roles for players-
-This is the escape room I filmed in. They were awesome to work with. If you live in Silicon Valley this is the perfect spot (not all Escape Rooms are created equal)-
-This is the harder room that looked like a castle-
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10:57- Q- Blue Wednesday -
11:49- Too Happy to be cool by Notebreak-
Summary: I visited Dr. Scott Nicholson in Brantford, ON Canada since he is the world expert in Escape Room design. After meeting with him for a day here are the 10 tips I came away with to beat any escape room:
1. Think simple
2. Searching
3. Organize your stuff
4. Focus on what is stopping you
5. Team roles
6. Lock types
7. Code types
8. Written clues
9. Look for patterns
10. Your guide is your friend
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John C. Frémont | Wikipedia audio article
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
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John Charles Frémont or Fremont (January 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890) was an American explorer, politician, and soldier who, in 1856, became the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office of President of the United States. During the 1840s, when he led five expeditions into the American West, that era's penny press and admiring historians accorded Frémont the sobriquet The Pathfinder.During the Mexican–American War, Frémont, a major in the U.S. Army, took control of California from the California Republic in 1846. Frémont was convicted in court-martial for mutiny and insubordination over a conflict of who was the rightful military governor of California. After his sentence was commuted and he was reinstated by President Polk, Frémont resigned from the Army. Frémont led a private fourth expedition, which cost ten lives, seeking a rail route over the mountains around the 38th parallel in the winter of 1849. Afterwards, Frémont settled in California at Monterey while buying cheap land in the Sierra foothills. When gold was found on his Mariposa ranch, Frémont became a wealthy man during the California Gold Rush, but he was soon bogged down with lawsuits over land claims, between the dispossession of various land owners during the Mexican–American War and the explosion of Forty-Niners immigrating during the Rush. These cases were settled by the U.S. Supreme Court allowing Frémont to keep his property. Frémont's fifth and final privately funded expedition, between 1853 and 1854, surveyed a route for a transcontinental railroad. Frémont became one of the first two U.S. senators elected from the new state of California in 1850. Frémont was the first presidential candidate of the new Republican Party, carrying most of the North. He lost the 1856 presidential election to Democrat James Buchanan when Know Nothings split the vote. Democrats warned that his election would lead to civil war.During the American Civil War, he was given command of Department of the West by President Abraham Lincoln. Although Frémont had successes during his brief tenure as Commander of the Western Armies, he ran his department autocratically, and made hasty decisions without consulting Washington D.C. or President Lincoln. After Frémont's emancipation edict that freed slaves in his district, he was relieved of his command by President Lincoln for insubordination. In 1861, Frémont was the first commanding Union general who recognized in Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant an iron will to fight and promoted him commander at the strategic base near Cairo, Illinois. Defeating the Confederates at Springfield, Frémont was the only Union General in the West to have a Union victory for 1861. After a brief service tenure in the Mountain Department in 1862, Frémont resided in New York, retiring from the Army in 1864. The same year Frémont was a presidential candidate for the Radical Democracy Party, but he resigned before the election. After the Civil War, Frémont's wealth declined after investing heavily and purchasing an unsuccessful Pacific Railroad in 1866, and lost much of his wealth during the Panic of 1873. Frémont served as Governor of Arizona from 1878 to 1881 appointed by President Rutherford B. Hayes. Frémont retired from politics and died destitute in New York City in 1890.
Historians portray Frémont as controversial, impetuous, and contradictory. Some scholars regard him as a military hero of significant accomplishment, while others view him as a failure who repeatedly defeated his own best purposes. The keys to Frémont's character and personality may lie in his being born illegitimately, his ambitious drive for success, self-justification, and passive-aggressive behavior. Frémont's published reports and maps produced from his explorations significantly contributed to massive American emigration overland into the West starting in the 1840s. In June 1846 ...
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KGStJ, DL (22 May 1859 -- 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer who is most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels.
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Margot J Garant Mayor Village of Port Jefferson NY at The Dickens Festival
Margot J Garant Mayor Village of Port Jefferson NY at The Dickens Festival
The 21st annual Charles Dickens Festival
The Dickens Festival is a celebration of the author of A Christmas Carol, featuring the Village of Port Jefferson magically transformed into the Dickensian era with streets filled with roaming characters such as Father Christmas, Dickens Mayor, Scrooge, the Town Crier and the beloved chimney sweeps.
The 21st Annual Dickens Festival concludes with a Parade of Puppets and ceremony at Village Hall on Sunday evening.
Charles John Huffam Dickens an English writer and social critic born in 1812 in Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period, Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in 1843.
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Charles Dickens author:
Oliver Twist (1839)
The Old Curiosity Shop (1841)
A Christmas Carol (1843)
The Chimes (1844)
The Cricket on the Hearth (1845)
The Battle of Life (1846)
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain (1848)
David Copperfield (1850)
A Child's History of England (1853)
The Haunted House (1859)
A Holiday Romance (1868)
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Street Character Performances inclued
Terry Ryan Vlahos performing in Scrooge as Mrs. Emily Cratchit (Bob Cratchit's wife and mother of Timothy Tiny Tim Cratchit) based upon the 1843 novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Four shows:
Saturday 2pm
Saturday 5pm
Sunday 12noon
Sunday 2pm
Terry Ryan Vlahos performing in Oliver! as Mrs. Corney – matron at Oliver's workhouse based upon the 1839 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Four shows:
Saturday 1pm
Saturday 4pm
Sunday 1pm
Sunday 3pm
Ryan Janek Wolowski Victorian Englishman street character performance
Saturday 5 to 9:30pm
Tapestry Boston based vocal ensemble presents an evening of Kalanta (traditional Greek carols) Village Center 7 - 8:15pm
Theresa Irene Wolowski street character performance as
Charles Dickens older sister Mrs Frances Fanny Elizabeth Dickens Burnett born in 1810
Dickens Through December
December 10th 2016
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The Dickens Festival takes place in The Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson in the Town of Brookhaven on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York.
Directions:
LIRR Long Island Rail Road to Port Jefferson
Long Island Expressway to Exit 62
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The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 1837 till 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence for Britain.
Terry Ryan Vlahos and Ryan Janek Wolowski Victorian era family members - grandparents
Elizabeth McDOUGALL was born December 8th 1895 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Thomas Joseph RYAN was born Sep 8th 1896 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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Authors Washington Irving (USA) and Charles Dickens (England) are both often credited for creating Christmas classics in the 1800's that still resonate with people today
Washington Irving (1783 - 1859)
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. 1820
Fifth installment
Christmas
The Stage Coach
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
Christmas Dinner
Author Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) A Christmas Carol 1843
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Additional famous Christmas story:
A Visit from St. Nicholas 1823
Clement Clarke Moore USA
with the quote:
Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night
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Believed Christmas origins:
Christmas Tree - Germany
Advent wreath - Germany
Electric Christmas Lights - USA 1880
Christmas Cards - England 1843
Befana Christmas Witch - Italy
Santa Claus (Saint Nicholas) - Greece (area now Turkey)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - USA 1939
Birthplace of Jesus, Bethlehem, (area now Palestine)
Poinsettia red flowers - México
First documented snowman Netherlands 1380
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December 3rd 2016
Class of 2019 Diploma Ceremony
The Law School Diploma Ceremony for the J.D. and LL.M. Class of 2019 was held at Kaplan Arena on Sunday, May 12.
Malibu City Council Meeting November 12, 2019
When Malls Had It All: Commercials from the '70s & '80s
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Girl Scouts help Foodbank, Miracles in Art, Apprentice Expo - Norfolk Perspectives
00:34 Girl Scouts raise funds for Foodbank of Southeastern VA -
09:04 Therapeutic Recreation
18:14 Big Job Fair in Norfolk - Scope Your Future
Georgian Papers Programme Public Symposium
The Library's John W. Kluge Center sponsored a symposium featuring scholars who were recently among the first to examine the papers of King George III, the English monarch in power when the American colonies declared independence, in the Georgian Papers at England's Windsor Castle. The Library of Congress partnered with the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture and King's College London to host the symposium and support the study of the collection of King George III through the Georgian Papers Programme, a partnership among British and American institutions.
Speaker Biography: Arthur Burns is academic director of the Georgian Papers Programme and professor of modern British history at King's College London.
Speaker Biography: Jim Ambuske is Farmer Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Humanities at the University of Virginia School of Law Library.
Speaker Biography: Andrew O'Shaughnessy is vice president of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello and professor of history at the University of Virginia.
Speaker Biography: Karin Wulf is director of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture and professor of history at the College of William & Mary. The Omohundro Institute and William & Mary are the primary U.S. partners in the Georgian Papers Programme.
For transcript and more information, visit
Formal Session--Norfolk City Council 10/23/18
3:34 IB-1 INVITATION TO BID scheduled this day under the State law, public notice having been inserted in the local press by the City Clerk to accept bids for a long term wireless facilities franchise agreement.
7:18 PH-1 PUBLIC HEARING scheduled this day under the State law, public notice having been inserted in the local press by the City Clerk, on the application of the CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, for a Zoning Text Amendment of the Norfolk Zoning Ordinance to allow short-term rental units (vacation rental) and short-term rental units (homestay) within certain zoning districts and to amend Performance Standards for these uses.
14:19 PH-2 The application of the CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, for a Zoning Text Amendment to Section 3.7.13, “Principal, Accessory, and Temporary Use Table for Special Purpose Districts” to allow a Continuing Care Retirement Community to be permitted in the East Beach Harbor Special Purpose District by right.
15:05 PH-3 The application of COVA BREWING COMPANY, for a) rezoning from R-C (Residential Coastal) and C-C (Community-Commercial) to Conditional C-C (Community-Commercial); b) conditional Use Permit for Production of Craft Beverages and c) conditional Use Permit for Live Entertainment on property located at 9529 Shore Drive.
17:09 PH-4 The application of IPCONFIGURE INC., for a change of zoning to amend the proffered conditions of property zoned Conditional C-C (Community Commercial) on property located at 2330 Bowdens Ferry Road.
17:51 PH-5 To hear comments to amend the SOUTHEASTERN PUBLIC SERVICE AUTHORITY OF VIRGINIA (“SPSA”) Articles of Incorporation to delete the two-year term limitation for SPSA’s Board of Directors who are appointed by member localities as per the approved 2018 General Assembly legislation.
The consent agenda can be viewed at norfolk.gov/agendacenter
19:49 R-1 Matter of an Invitation to Bid scheduled this day pursuant under State Law, public notice having been inserted in the local press by the City Clerk, to accept bids on portions of Waterside Marina located at 201 Waterside Drive in the City of Norfolk.
21:00 R-2 “An Ordinance approving the Raw Water Sales Agreement and approving the amended and Restated Water Services Contract,”
24:04 R-4 “An Ordinance approving a License Agreement permitting the Hurrah Players, Inc. to enter upon and use city-owned property located at 485 Saint Paul’s Boulevard for the purpose of installation and maintenance of landscapting and for two existing signs,” will be introduced in writing and read by its title.
24:20 R-5 “An Ordinance authorizing the City Manager to negotiate an Agreement in substantial conformity with the terms and conditions of the attached Purchase and Sale Agreement, for the purpose of purchasing certain property known as 731 Sedgewick Street, in the City of Norfolk, for the Ohio Creek Watershed Improvement Project, authorizing the purchase of said property, and authorizing the expenditure of a sum of up to $185,000 for such purpose from funds heretofore appropriated,” will be introduced in writing and read by its title.
25:06 R-6 “An Ordinance approving a Second Amendment to Lease between the City of Norfolk, as Landlord, and the Muddy Paws Grooming and Retail Store, LLC, as tenant, and authorizing the City Manager to execute the Second Amendment to Lease on behalf of the City of Norfolk,” will be introduced in writing and read by its title.
25:30 R-7 “An Ordinance vacating and releasing portions of two drainage easements over property owned by Breezy Point Apartments Limited Partnership located at 8600 Glen Myrtle Avenue,” will be introduced in writing and read by its title.
25:53 R-8 An Ordinance granting a Development Certificate to permit the use of the ground floor for residential use, with waivers, on property located at 117 to 119 West Tazewell Street,” will be introduced in writing and read by its title.
New Business
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Christopher Kennedy, Truth
Truth
University of Chicago
October 20, 2018
Christopher Kennedy, William H. Colvin Professor of Linguistics.
We are warned with increasing urgency that we are becoming a “post-truth” society. But what is truth? What role does it play in thought and communications? And why should we care about it?
Christopher Kennedy’s research is geared toward discovering and describing the principles that are involved in relating linguistic forms to meanings. He delves deeply into how this mapping is achieved through language, cognition, communication, and context.
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to humanities@uchicago.edu.
Hampton City Schools - School Board Meeting April 1, 2015 6:30pm
Visit Hampton City Schools BoardDocs for the published agenda.
1. Meeting Opening
2. Musical Performance - 5:43
3. Recognitions - 12:24
4. Consent Agenda - 26:12
5. Superintendent & Staff Reports - 27:12
6. Hearing of Any Delegations or Presentation of Any Written Communications or Petitions - 107:17
7. Items for Action - 1:20:02
8. Deliberation - 1:26:45
9. Deliberation - First Read - 1:32:28
10. Information - 1:33:31
11. Adjournment
The Master of the World by Jules Verne | Audio book with subtitles
Chief Inspector Strock gets the tough cases. When a volcano suddenly appears to threaten mountain towns of North Carolina amid the non-volcanic Blue Ridge Mountains, Strock is posted to determine the danger. When an automobile race in Wisconsin is interrupted by the unexpected appearance of a vehicle traveling at multiples of the top speed of the entrants, Strock is consulted. When an odd-shaped boat is sighted moving at impossible speeds off the New England coast, Stock and his boss begin to wonder if the incidents are related. And when Strock gets a hand-lettered note warning him to abandon his investigation, on pain of death, he is intrigued rather than deterred.
Set in a period when gasoline engines were in their infancy and automobiles were rare, and when even Chief Inspectors had to engage a carriage and horses to move about, the appearance of a vehicle that can move at astounding speeds on land, on water - and as later revealed, underwater and through the air - marks a technological advance far beyond the reach of nations. It is technology invented by and for the sole benefit of a man who styles himself (with some justification) The Master of the World.
This book is a sequel to an earlier Verne novel, Robur the Conqueror, but enough detail is given to fully appreciate this story without having first read the other. (Summary by Mark)
The Master of the World
Jules VERNE
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Formal 03/27/12 Session - Norfolk City Council
01:30 NSU Ceremony
17:16 Girl Scouts Ceremony
23:50 Human Services Ceremony
27:19 PH-1 Conveyance of two GEM Lots located at N S Holly Point Road to James E. Newby, II
28:05 PH-2 Conveyance of a GEM Lot located at N S Burrage Road to Mary W. Hayden
28:47 PH-3 Street closing of a portion of Elkhorn Avenue from 43rd Street to 49th Street within the Old Dominion University campus to accommodate an addition to the Diehn Fine and Performing Arts Center.
29:54 PH-4 Closing of an unimproved portion of East Virginia Beach Boulevard and an unimproved alley between Cecilia Street and Hansen Avenue in the Central Brambleton neighborhood.
31:24 PH-5 If approved, the General Plan of Norfolk would be amended and the property would be rezoned to construct seven single-family homes at 956 and 960 Cecelia Street
32:43 PH-6 Zoning Text Amendment to amend Sections 2-3, 4-12.5, 8-6, and 13-6.12 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Norfolk, 1992, as amended.
33:41 PH-7 Zoning Text Amendment to amend Chapter 16 Signs of the Zoning Ordinance that will revise regulations pertaining to Electronic Changeable Copy Signs and Public Service Message Boards.
34:25 CONSENT AGENDA
34:44 R-1 Ordinance to receive the sum of $134,463 from the Chesapeake Bay Trust Living Shoreline Grant Program to hire a contractor to build a living shoreline erosion control project on Colley Bay.
35:19 R-2 Ordinance requires that the Board of Building Code Appeals meet at least annually and eliminate the requirement that one of the members of the Board be selected from a list submitted by the Board of Realtors.
35:46 R-3 Authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds by the Norfolk Airport Authority of up to $7,000,000.00 for the Norfolk Collegiate School.
34:44 R-4 Special Exception to operate an Entertainment Establishment with alcoholic beverages at 5957 East Virginia Beach Boulevard -- MP Island Café.
35:19 R-5 Special Exception for construction and operation of a Commercial Drive-Through at 1105 North Military Highway -- Cook Out Restaurant.
R-6 Special Exception for Off-Lot Parking located at 703 Easy Street -- Agape Outreach International Ministries
R-7 Special Exception to operate an Eating and Drinking Establishment at 8401 Hampton Boulevard, Suite 4 -- Daiwa Sushi and Hibachi.
R-8 An Ordinance approving the Deed of Easement for the City of Norfolk to purchase a 30' permanent ingress/egress easement to the Western Branch Dam in order to make necessary improvements to the dam.
R-9 Ordinance -- Acquisition of Property at 4036 Godwin Blvd. to allow the City to make necessary improvements to the Western Branch Dam.
R-10 Tax Overpayment - US Gypsum Company
R-11 Ordinance -- 1,322 Square Foot Utility Easement from Edith Stowe
R-12 Ordinance --30' Ingress/Egress Easement from Barbara and Robert Nelms.
R-13 Ordinance changing the name of 23rd Bay Street, from East Ocean View Avenue to its intersection with Shore Drive.
R-14 Encroachment -- Encroach five feet, more or less, into right of way at 720 Fairfax Avenue with a sign.
R-15 An ordinance dedicating certain property owned by the City of Norfolk for the purpose of widening Military Highway.
R-16 An ordinance accepting the dedication of a 15-foot wide permanent utility easement to allow the city to maintain a storm water outfall into Pretty Lake.
R-17 An ordinance accepting the dedication of a 15-foot wide permanent access easement to maintain storm water infrastructure from Pretty Lake Avenue to the outfall at Pretty Lake.
R-18 FY12 Training Mini Grant.
R-19 2011 Be Fire Smart Fire Safety Pledge Program.
R-20 Purchase and Sale Agreement for Acquisition of 2900 E. Virginia Beach Blvd from Iness Huey et als. to enable the City to continue its renewal efforts within the Broad Creek area.
R-21 Retirement -- Military Service and Eligible Rollover Distributions.
R-22 Quitclaim -- ODU & City Parcels -- Closed portions of 45th and 46th Streets.
R-23 Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Norfolk and the Norfolk Community Services Board outlining the process and parameters within which the NCSB will be transitioned from an operating board to an administrative policy board, and continue to provide services under that designation.
Suspense: Dead Ernest / Last Letter of Doctor Bronson / The Great Horrell
On the second presentation of July 22, 1940, Forecast offered a mystery/horror show titled Suspense. With the co-operation of his producer, Walter Wanger, Alfred Hitchcock received the honor of directing his first radio show for the American public. The condition agreed upon for Hitchcock's appearance was that CBS make a pitch to the listening audience about his and Wanger's latest film, Foreign Correspondent. To add flavor to the deal, Wanger threw in Edmund Gwenn and Herbert Marshall as part of the package. All three men (including Hitch) would be seen in the upcoming film, which was due for a theatrical release the next month. Both Marshall and Hitchcock decided on the same story to bring to the airwaves, which happened to be a favorite of both of them: Marie Belloc Lowndes' The Lodger. Alfred Hitchcock had filmed this story for Gainsborough in 1926, and since then it had remained as one of his favorites.
Herbert Marshall portrayed the mysterious lodger, and co-starring with him were Edmund Gwenn and character actress Lurene Tuttle as the rooming-house keepers who start to suspect that their new boarder might be the notorious Jack-the-Ripper. [Gwenn was actually repeating the role taken in the 1926 film by his brother, Arthur Chesney. And Tuttle would work again with Hitchcock nearly 20 years later, playing Mrs. Al Chambers, the sheriff's wife, in Psycho.] Character actor Joseph Kearns also had a small part in the drama, and Wilbur Hatch, head musician for CBS Radio at the time, composed and conducted the music specially for the program. Adapting the script to radio was not a great technical challenge for Hitchcock, and he cleverly decided to hold back the ending of the story from the listening audience in order to keep them in suspense themselves. This way, if the audience's curiosity got the better of them, they would write in to the network to find out whether the mysterious lodger was in fact Jack the Ripper. For the next few weeks, hundreds of letters came in from faithful listeners asking how the story ended. Actually a few wrote threats claiming that it was indecent and immoral to present such a production without giving the solution.
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano | Audiobook with Subtitles
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, written in 1789, is the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano. It discusses his time spent in slavery, serving primarily on galleys, documents his attempts at becoming an independent man through his study of the Bible, and his eventual success in gaining his own freedom and in business thereafter.
The book contains an interesting discussion of slavery in West Africa and illustrates how the experience differs from the dehumanising slavery of the Americas. The Intereresting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano is also one of the first widely read slave narratives. It was generally reviewed favorably. (Wikipedia)
This work was produced to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in Great Britain.
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah EQUIANO
Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Biography & Autobiography
Chapters:
0:15 | Introductory
3:05 | Chapter 1
41:22 | Chapter 2
1:09:58 | Chapter 3
1:45:00 | Chapter 4
2:26:09 | Chapter 5
3:07:58 | Chapter 6
3:50:58 | Chapter 7
4:27:23 | Chapter 8
5:03:36 | Chapter 9
5:47:46 | Chapter 10
6:29:58 | Chapter 11
7:25:24 | Chapter 12 Audio Book Audiobooks All Rights Reserved. This is a Librivox recording. All Librivox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer visit librivox.org.
Charles Dickens | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:03:07 1 Early years
00:12:06 2 Journalism and early novels
00:20:06 3 First visit to the United States
00:25:57 4 Philanthropy
00:26:56 5 Religious views
00:29:02 6 Middle years
00:35:33 7 Last years
00:36:47 8 Second visit to the United States
00:38:29 9 Farewell readings
00:40:19 10 Death
00:43:01 11 Literary style
00:45:10 11.1 Characters
00:47:37 11.2 Autobiographical elements
00:49:08 11.3 Episodic writing
00:51:09 11.4 Social commentary
00:51:54 11.5 Literary techniques
00:54:40 12 Reception
01:00:37 13 Influence and legacy
01:03:57 14 Notable works
01:07:21 15 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
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I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
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Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are still widely read today.Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed readings extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms.
Dickens's literary success began with the 1836 serial publication of The Pickwick Papers. Within a few years he had become an international literary celebrity, famous for his humour, satire, and keen observation of character and society. His novels, most published in monthly or weekly instalments, pioneered the serial publication of narrative fiction, which became the dominant Victorian mode for novel publication. Cliffhanger endings in his serial publications kept readers in suspense. The instalment format allowed Dickens to evaluate his audience's reaction, and he often modified his plot and character development based on such feedback. For example, when his wife's chiropodist expressed distress at the way Miss Mowcher in David Copperfield seemed to reflect her disabilities, Dickens improved the character with positive features. His plots were carefully constructed, and he often wove elements from topical events into his narratives. Masses of the illiterate poor chipped in ha'pennies to have each new monthly episode read to them, opening up and inspiring a new class of readers.Dickens was regarded as the literary colossus of his age. His 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol, remains popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. Oliver Twist and Great Expectations are also frequently adapted, and, like many of his novels, evoke images of early Victorian London. His 1859 novel, A Tale of Two Cities, set in London and Paris, is his best-known work of historical fiction. Dickens has been praised by fellow writers—from Leo Tolstoy to George Orwell, G. K. Chesterton and Tom Wolfe—for his realism, comedy, prose style, unique characterisations, and social criticism. On the other hand, Oscar Wilde, Henry James, and Virginia Woolf complained of a lack of psychological depth, loose writing, and a vein of sentimentalism. The term Dickensian is used to describe something that is reminiscent of Dickens and his writings, such as poor social conditions or comically repulsive characters.