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Durgeshnandini is the first Bengali novel written by Bankim Chandra as well as the first major Bengali novel in the history of Bengali literature. [2] The story of the novel was borrowed from some local legends of Arambag region, Hooghly district , Paschimbanga, collected by Bankim Chandra’s great-uncle. [ 3 ]
"The Bohemian Girl" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was written when Cather was living in Cherry Valley, New York, with Isabelle McClung whilst Alexander's Bridge was being serialised in McClure's. [1] It was first published in McClure's in August 1912. [2]
Djuna Barnes (/ ˈ dʒ uː n ɑː / JOO-nah; June 12, 1892 – June 18, 1982) was an American artist, illustrator, journalist, and writer who is perhaps best known for her novel Nightwood (1936), a cult classic of lesbian fiction and an important work of modernist literature.
The Bohemian Girl is an English language Romantic opera composed by Michael William Balfe with a libretto by Alfred Bunn. The plot is loosely based on a Miguel de Cervantes ' tale, La gitanilla . The best-known aria from the piece is " I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls " in which the main character, Arline, describes her vague memories of her ...
LP recordings (Rare Recorded Editions) of The Siege of Rochelle, The Daughter of St. Mark, The Rose of Castille and Satanella. The Bohemian Girl conducted by Richard Bonynge, originally released on the Argo label in 1991, reissued on Decca 473 077-2. Deborah Riedel and Richard Bonynge, The Power of Love, Melba Z-MR301082, a CD of Balfe arias.
Ancient Bohemian legends (Czech: Staré pověsti české) is a book by Alois Jirásek written in 1894. It describes events from Czech history based on folk literature and some historical facts. The model was based on Chronicle of Hájek , Cosmas Chronicle of Bohemia and Chronicle of Dalimil , other old Czech chronicles and many other sources ...
On March 11, 1989, Aundria Bowman disappeared from her home in Hamilton, Michigan. The 14-year-old’s adoptive father, Dennis Bowman, told police he figured his daughter had run away, per the ...
The book begins in 1539, after the death of King Henry VIII's third wife, Jane Seymour.Henry is looking for a new wife and chooses Anne of Cleves, daughter of John III, Duke of Cleves, whom he has only seen from portraits sent to him by her brother, William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.