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1Uncle Tom's Cabin — infobox Book | name = Uncle Tom s Cabin title orig = translator = image caption = Uncle Tom s Cabin , Boston edition author = Harriet Beecher Stowe illustrator = Hammatt Billings (1st edition) cover artist = country = United States language =… …
2puritanical — c.1600, from PURITAN (Cf. Puritan) + ICAL (Cf. ical). Chiefly in disparaging use …
3Jack Gurney — Jack Arnold Alexander Tancred Gurney is a fictional character, the protagonist of Peter Barnes 1968 play, The Ruling Class . He was portrayed by Peter O Toole (in an Academy Award nominated performance) in the play s 1972 film adaptation.Born… …
4History of saffron — The history of saffron in human cultivation and use reaches back more than 3,500 yearsHarvnb|Deo|2003|p=1.] and spans many cultures, continents, and civilizations. Saffron, a spice derived from the dried stigmas of the saffron crocus ( Crocus… …
5Tom Shows — were stage plays and musicals based on the 1852 novel Uncle Tom s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The novel depicts the harsh reality of slavery while also showing that Christian love and faith can overcome even something as evil as enslavement… …
6True Grit (novel) — infobox Book | name = True Grit title orig = translator = image caption = Front cover of the 1968 Simon Schuster hardback 1st edition of True Grit by Charles Portis. author = Charles Portis illustrator = cover artist = country = United States… …
7Atalia — is an Israeli film of 1984, adapted from a story by Yitzhak Ben Ner. Crew* Film Director: Akiva Tevet * Screen Writer:Tzvi Kratzner (in cooperation with the author Ben Ner) * Producers: Danny Schik, Nathan Hakeny * Main Actors: Michal Bat Adam… …
8The Guardian of Education — (June 1802 ndash; September 1806) was the first successful periodical dedicated to reviewing children s literature in Britain. [Grenby, Introduction , xiv.] It was edited by eighteenth century educationalist, children s author, and Sunday School… …
9puritanical — puritanically, adv. puritanicalness, n. /pyoor i tan i keuhl/, adj. 1. very strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so; rigidly austere. 2. (sometimes cap.) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Puritans or Puritanism. Also,… …
10ascetic — I. a. Austere, rigid, severe, stern, puritan ical, over renunciatory, over self denying, self mortifying, over abstinent. II. n. Recluse, hermit, anchoret, anchorite, solitary, solitaire, eremite, devotee, mortifier of the flesh …
