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The Magnet No. 1086 (1928) Capper, Algernon Jasper – Fourth form Master. A more easy-going master than Mr. Quelch or Mr. Hacker. Appears in 297 stories; first appearance in Magnet No. 25 The Triumph Of The Remove (August 1, 1908). Charpentier, Monsieur Henri – French Master, known as "Mossoo". Originally from the French Loire region. Easy going and the subject of much leg-pulling by the ...
Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded. Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded is an epistolary novel first published in 1740 by the English writer Samuel Richardson. Considered one of the first true English novels, it serves as Richardson's version of conduct literature about marriage. Pamela tells the story of a fifteen-year-old maidservant named Pamela Andrews ...
Karlsson-on-the-Roof ( Swedish: Karlsson på taket) is a character who features in a series of children's books by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Lindgren may have borrowed the idea for the series from a similar story about Mr. O'Malley in the comic strip Barnaby (1942) by Crockett Johnson. [1]
Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2011 erotic romance novel by British author E. L. James. [1] It became the first installment in the Fifty Shades novel series that follows the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, and a young business magnate, Christian Grey. It contains explicitly erotic scenes featuring elements of ...
Ellen Pompeo, Grey's Anatomy (ABC / ABC) For the fans worrying about how the show can continue without titular character Meredith Grey, Raver says fear not: There are still “wonderful stories to ...
The first cartoon that featured Bimbo was Hot Dog (1930), the first Fleischer cartoon to be animated on cels, and thus to employ a full range of greys. New animators such as Grim Natwick , Shamus Culhane , and Rudy Zamora began entering the Fleischer Studio, with new ideas that pushed the Talkartoons into a league of their own.
Greyfriars Bobby (4 May 1855 – 14 January 1872) was a Skye Terrier or Dandie Dinmont Terrier [1] who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh for spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner until he died on 14 January 1872. The story continues to be well known in Scotland, through several books and films.
Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo Baggins is the title character and protagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien 's 1937 novel The Hobbit, a supporting character in The Lord of the Rings, and the fictional narrator (along with Frodo Baggins) of many of Tolkien's Middle-earth writings. The Hobbit is selected by the wizard Gandalf to help Thorin and his party of Dwarves ...