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Austen, Jane

(Encyclopedia) Austen, JaneAusten, Janeôˈstən [key], 1775–1817, English novelist. The daughter of a clergyman, she spent the first 25 years of her life at “Steventon,” her father's Hampshire vicarage…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Enchanter

The EnchanterIn the deep heart of man a poet dwells Who all the day of life his summer story tells; Scatters on every eye dust of his spells, Scent, form and color; to the flowers and shells…

John Keats: Happy is England! I could be ...

To Kosciusko Happy is England! I could be ... Happy is England! I could be content To see no other verdure than its own; To feel no other breezes than are blown Through its tall…

Mahlon Leonard Fisher: Afterwards

AfterwardsMahlon Leonard FisherThere was a day when death to me meant tears, And tearful takings-leave that had to be, And awed embarkings on an unshored sea, And sudden disarrangement of…

Birds of America: Stories

Author:Lorrie MorrePublisher:Knopf Offbeat relationships are penned with dark wit and crisp clarity in this short-story collection. There's the mousy librarian who falls for an “anarchist-…

Charlene Wittstock

Name at birth: Charlene WittstockPrincess Charlene of Monaco is the former Olympic swimmer who married Prince Albert of Monaco in July of 2011. A statuesque blonde, she was born Charlene Wittstock…

Eva Marie Saint

A cool and intelligent blonde, Eva Marie Saint won an Oscar for her supporting role as Edie Doyle in the 1954 film On the Waterfront. Saint played the empathetic friend who encouraged Marlon Brando…

Amanda Seyfried

American screen actress Amanda Seyfried is best known as a dimwitted sidekick from the comedy Mean Girls and the star of the musical movie Mamma Mia! Seyfried was a model between the ages of 11 and…

Bo Derek

Name at birth: Mary Cathleen CollinsBo Derek was a breakthrough star of 1979 when she played Dudley Moore's lust object in the romantic comedy 10. Bo Derek grew up in California as Mary Cathleen…