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A Separate Peace is a coming-of-age novel by John Knowles, published in 1959. Based on his earlier short story "Phineas", published in the May 1956 issue of Cosmopolitan , it was Knowles's first published novel and became his best-known work.
A Separate Peace is a 1972 American drama film directed by Larry Peerce. It was adapted by John Knowles and Fred Segal (brother of actor George Segal) from Knowles's best-selling novel, about the conflicted friendship of two boarding-school students. The film stars Parker Stevenson and John Heyl.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazettes Marilyn Uricchio didn't like the book at all, she stated that it is a "sparsely-written novel" and it "lacks the freshness of A Separate Peace, so much so that at times it becomes repetitive, almost stale". She argues that Knowles uses descriptors "of the day, the sky, the air with maddening regularity as transitional ...
The Devon School is a fictional school created by author John Knowles in the novels A Separate Peace and Peace Breaks Out. It is based on Knowles' alma mater, Phillips Exeter Academy. Like Phillips Exeter during World War II, Devon is a boys' boarding school in New Hampshire. Knowles places the school in a town that bears its name, specifically ...
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, romanized: Voyna i mir; pre-reform Russian: Война и миръ; [vɐjˈna i ˈmʲir]) is a literary work by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Set during the Napoleonic Wars , the work comprises both a fictional narrative and chapters in which Tolstoy discusses history and philosophy.
Amid recent reports that Ye, left, and Bianca Censori are in the early stages of a divorce, a rep for the controversial couple is clearing the air.
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One in five couples sleep in separate bedrooms, the New York Times reported in May. Many want to avoid annoyances such as a spouse’s loud snoring or wake-ups resulting from conflicting schedules.