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My Ántonia (/ ˈ æ n t ə n i ə / AN-tə-nee-ə) is a novel published in 1918 by American writer Willa Cather, which is considered one of her best works.. The novel tells the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and the elder daughter in a family of Bohemian immigrants, Ántonia Shimerda, who are each brought as children to be pioneers in Nebraska towards the end of the ...
A London County Council plaque unveiled in 1912 commemorates Balfe at 12 Seymour Street, Marylebone. [12] In all, Balfe composed at least 29 operas. [13] He also wrote several cantatas (including Mazeppa in 1862) and a symphony (1829). Balfe's most notable opera, and his only large-scale piece that is still performed is The Bohemian Girl. [14]
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 ...
"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]
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 ...
A Man of Means is a collection of six short stories written in collaboration by P. G. Wodehouse and C. H. Bovill. The stories first appeared in the United Kingdom in The Strand Magazine in 1914, [1] and in the United States in Pictorial Review in 1916. [2] They were later published in book form in the UK by Porpoise Books in 1991. [3]
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.