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Brewer's: Arcadian

A shepherd, a fancy farmer; so called because the Arcardians were a pastoral people, and hence pastoral poetry is called Arcadic. An Arcadian youth. A dunce or blockhead; so called because…

Novels

(Encyclopedia) Novels: see Corpus Juris Civilis.

Brewer's: Arcadian Nightingales

Asses. “April is the month of love; and the country of Chastelleraud abounds with Arcadian nightingales.” - Rabelais: Pantagruel . v. 7 (note). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,…

Arcadia, region of ancient Greece

(Encyclopedia) ArcadiaArcadiaärkāˈdēə [key], region of ancient Greece, in the middle of the Peloponnesus, without a seaboard, and surrounded and dissected by mountains. The Arcadians, relatively…

The Devil's Dictionary: Novel

by Ambrose Bierce NOUMENONNOVEMBERNOVEL -n. A short story padded. A species of composition bearing the same relation to literature that the panorama bears to art. As it is too long to be…

dime novels

(Encyclopedia) dime novels, swift-moving, thrilling novels, mainly about the American Revolution, the frontier period, and the Civil War. The books were first sold in 1860 for 10 cents by the firm of…

Zákinthos

(Encyclopedia) ZákinthosZákinthoszäˈkĭnthôs [key] or ZanteZákinthoszănˈtē [key], Lat. Zacynthus, island (1991 pop. 32,556), c.157 sq mi (407 sq km), W Greece, in the Ionian Sea; one of the Ionian…

Novel Experiences among the Indians

Chapter 3 Chapter 5 Novel Experiences among the Indians About this time (the nineteenth and twentieth of August), the explorers lost by death the only member of their party who…

Dracula: Bram Stoker's Novel

The most blood-thirsty novel in English literature? Monster Links Halloween Tricksters and Treats Quiz: Dracula Menacing Monster Guide Quiz: Monsters Bram Stoker's 1897…