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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonlyshortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written byEnglish author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym LewisCarroll. It tells of a girl named Alice falling through a rabbithole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphiccreatures. The tale plays with logic, giving the story lastingpopularity with adults as well as with children. It is consideredto be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre. Itsnarrative course and structure, characters and imagery have beenenormously influential in both popular culture and literature,especially in the fantasy genre.Alice was published in 1865, three years after Charles LutwidgeDodgson and the Reverend Robinson Duckworth rowed in a boat, on 4July 1862 (this popular date of the "golden afternoon" might be aconfusion or even another Alice-tale, for that particular day wascool, cloudy and rainy), up the Isis with the three young daughtersof Henry Liddell (the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University and Deanof Christ Church): Lorina Charlotte Liddell (aged 13, born 1849,"Prima" in the book's prefatory verse); Alice Pleasance Liddell(aged 10, born 1852, "Secunda" in the prefatory verse); Edith MaryLiddell (aged 8, born 1853, "Tertia" in the prefatory verse).The journey began at Folly Bridge near Oxford and ended fivemiles away in the village of Godstow. During the trip Dodgson toldthe girls a story that featured a bored little girl named Alice whogoes looking for an adventure. The girls loved it, and AliceLiddell asked Dodgson to write it down for her. He began writingthe manuscript of the story the next day, although that earliestversion no longer exists. The girls and Dodgson took another boattrip a month later when he elaborated the plot to the story ofAlice, and in November he began working on the manuscript inearnest.To add the finishing touches he researched natural history forthe animals presented in the book, and then had the book examinedby other children—particularly the children of George MacDonald. Headded his own illustrations but approached John Tenniel toillustrate the book for publication, telling him that the story hadbeen well liked by children.On 26 November 1864 he gave Alice the handwritten manuscript ofAlice's Adventures Under Ground, with illustrations by Dodgsonhimself, dedicating it as "A Christmas Gift to a Dear Child inMemory of a Summer's Day". Some, including Martin Gardner,speculate there was an earlier version that was destroyed later byDodgson when he wrote a more elaborate copy by hand.But before Alice received her copy, Dodgson was alreadypreparing it for publication and expanding the 15,500-word originalto 27,500 words, most notably adding the episodes about theCheshire Cat and the Mad Tea-Party.

Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners byJane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the maincharacter, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners,upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of thelanded gentry of the British Regency. Elizabeth is the second offive daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictionaltown of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.Page 2 of a letter from Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra (11June 1799) in which she first mentions Pride and Prejudice, usingits working title First Impressions. (NLA)Set in England in the early 19th century, Pride and Prejudice tellsthe story of Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters after therich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, MrDarcy, have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes animmediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy hasdifficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes withthe second-eldest Bennet daughter, Elizabeth.Pride and Prejudice retains a fascination for modern readers,continuing near the top of lists of "most loved books." It hasbecome one of the most popular novels in English literature,selling over 20 million copies, and receives considerable attentionfrom literary scholars. Modern interest in the book has resulted ina number of dramatic adaptations and an abundance of novels andstories imitating Austen's memorable characters or themes.[1]

THE YELLOW WALLPAPERBy Charlotte Perkins GilmanThis App is completely FREE with NO ADS and translates intomultiple languages! It should work on ANY Androidsystem and looks great on tablets. It requires a WiFi connectionbut loads very fast and uses very, very little bandwidth as it isall text with the exception of the original book cover image. ThisApp also has the Google translator tool located at the bottom ofthe page. This is the original work in the original layout. Perfectfor students!"The Yellow Wallpaper" is a 6,000-word short story by theAmerican writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published inJanuary 1892 in The New England Magazine. It is regarded as animportant early work of American feminist literature, illustratingattitudes in the 19th century toward women's physical and mentalhealth.Enjoy!AppDancers.com

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With the exception of "The Doom ofKingAcrisius," "Pygmalion and the Image" is the only poem ofTheEarthly Paradise for the illustration of which Burne-Jonesactuallyexecuted a complete series of pictures; and though thefinishedpaintings are but four in number, and the original designs,made in1866-1867, were twelve, the numerically smaller set iscomplete inthe best sense, since not only does it illustrate fullythe textand spirit of Morris's poem, but each picture in it,thoughfinished with the loving care and elaboration whichBurne-Joneslavished on his paintings, fails of its fullsignificance unlessconsidered in its relation to the series ofwhich it forms a part.In regard to the poem itself, the inspiration of thesepictures,even the most casual study will bring in its train aconvictionthat the story as told by William Morris is far superiorto anyother version of classic or of modern times. The poem (one ofthebest of those comprised in The Earthly Paradise) is homogeneousandadmirably balanced in all its parts; its superiority, however,overall other versions, is not due primarily to the manner ofitsnarration, but arises from its greater spirituality—a finerfeelingrather than a finer form. Prior to the appearance of"Pygmalion andthe Image" each narrator of the legend had dweltmainly on thephysical side, sensuous or sensual according to histemperament, ofthe tale. In Morris's version the dominant note isthe passionatedelight—enthusiasm verging upon madness—of the artistand craftsmanin his own handiwork, reflecting, to a marked degree,Morris's owntemperament, one of the leading characteristics ofwhich was hishabit of hurling himself headlong into each newproject as itclaimed his attention from time to time. That he waspreventedthereby from arriving at perfection in any one art neednot lessenthe admiration due to him for his whole-souled (thoughusuallyshort-lived) absorption in many and diverse arts. A greatpoet, inthe sense that Chaucer, his master and model, was great,Morris wasnot; but no one can deny to him the title of anenthusiastic andskilled craftsman of verse. It is this love ofcraftsmanship forits own sake, joined to a remarkable feeling fordecorative beautywhich both possessed, that binds the pictures ofBurne-Jones andthis poem by Morris so closely together that theyform one perfectwhole. Even the ideal and wholly imaginary world inwhich theirfigures move is the same—a land where emotion ratherthan passionbears sway, where the fates of man and of woman aredetermined by awhim of the gods rather than dominated by thechivalrous or devouthardihood of the individual.In his "Apology" prefixed to The Earthly Paradise, Morrisclearlyand definitely disclaims any moral purpose in the poemscomprised init."Why should I strive to set the crooked straight?" he writes.Howfar this feeling was shared by Burne-Jones we can never know,butnearly all of his biographers are agreed that a love of beauty,ashe understood it, was his main preoccupation, or, to use hisownwords, that a picture should be a "beautiful, romanticdream."Julia Cartwright, in her Life and Work of Sir EdwardBurne-Jones,says: "He never tried to point a moral or to teach alesson; but herescued beauty from the forgetfulness to which itseemed doomed ina restless and material age, and in so doing hasgiven us anexample of the highest value." Malcolm Bell, also,writing of theart of Burne-Jones and of its critics, expresses alike opinion,and his analysis of the paintings composing thePygmalion Series isnot only interesting in itself, but isespecially so as showing theextent to which the man of letters canread his own interpretationinto the work of a painter.

This application is the first generationforthe 3D Film Festival. It initially is just providinginformationabout the event and details about the 2010 festivalhappening inHollywood. This app will continue to evolve in versionsallowinggreater functionality and resources. Questions? [email protected]