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The Adventure of English is a British television series on the history of the English language presented by Melvyn Bragg as well as a companion book, written by Bragg. The series ran in November 2003.
The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams, was the first full-length novel by the English author Henry Fielding to be published and among the early novels in the English language. Appearing in 1742 and defined by Fielding as a "comic epic poem in prose", it tells of a good-natured footman's adventures ...
It was first published in French in 1872. [1] English translations were published in New York in 1873 and London in 1876. [3] [4] In 1874 it was also published as the first half of a two-part volume entitled, Stories of Adventure along with Journey to the Center of the Earth.
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The Stories of English is a 2004 book by British linguist David Crystal; it traces the history of the English language from the invasion of Great Britain by the Angles and Saxons in the 5th Century to the modern splintering of the language into its modern British, American, Indian, Australian, and other dialects.
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A French mother has received a life sentence after starving her 13-year-old daughter to death, according to reports. Sandrine Pissarra was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 20 years ...
The Mother Tongue: Discusses the early stages of the English language, including Old English and Middle English. A Muse of Fire: Discusses the influence of William Shakespeare and the King James Bible on the English language as well as how Early Modern English took root in the American colonies and its influence on contemporary American English.