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- 991: Charles Dickens 4
- ... proletarian people in such a dishonorable way that the reader in some books despises them. One example of this is in Tale of Two Cities. This book shows how most people were poor during the French Revolution. The aristocracy consisted of about 3 percent of the population, and everyone else was poor in the lower class. This book shows the admirable qualities of the poor, and how they managed to squeak out ...
- 992: Charles Dickens
- ... a-holic, is visited by three ghosts, and learns the error of his ways by becoming a warm, caring man. A Tale of Two Cities tells about the rulers in England and of how the French Revolution had an effect on them. This book was written in weekly installments in 1859. Great Expectations was, without a doubt, the most popular out of all of his works, and has stood the test of ...
- 993: Chanel, Gabrielle
- ... rebelled against and hated--the Establishment. But if one looks at documentary footage of her from that period, one can still feel the spit and vinegar of the fiery peasant woman who began her fashion revolution against society by aiming at the head, with hats. Her boyish "flapper" creations were in stark contrast to the Belle Epoque millinery that was in vogue at the time, and about which she asked, "How ... had put herself into the yolk of the zeitgeist. By the time Katharine Hepburn played her on Broadway in 1969, Chanel had achieved first-name recognition and was simply Coco. BORN Aug. 19, 1883, in French village of Saumur 1909 Opens first shop, a millinery, in Paris 1910 Moves to Rue Cambon, where the House of Chanel remains 1923 Debuts Chanel No. 5 1939 Closes her fashion house when France declares ...
- 994: Celine Dion
- ... was very impressed by the control and strength of her voice, so he agreed to work with her. He even mortgaged his house to pay for the production of her first two albums! In 1981 French songwriter Eddy Marnay wrote La voix du bon dieu (God s voice) for Celine Dion. She added some more songs, and created the album La voix du bon dieu. He also introduced Celine to France ... song The Power of Love became the 50th biggest hit of all time of Billboards. She also released another live album called Celine a l Olympia (Celine at the Olympia). In 1995 Celine released a French album D eux, which sold 57,000 copies a day in France! It set many world records for album sales. It forced Sony, her producer, to make two new albums, Celine Dion Gold and Celine Dion Gold Album two. Sony said she was the first singer to be both the best seller in English and in French. In the year of 1996, she released singles of Because you loved me, and falling into you. By this time Celine had definitely created a place for herself in Stardom. The only way her ...
- 995: Benjamin Franklin
- ... 61, Franklin used his influence to make his illegitimate son, William, royal governor of New Jersey. Franklin was later greatly disappointed when William was unwilling to repay his father's generosity by supporting the American Revolution. At age 62, he was given the honor of being inducted into the French Academy of Science. Franklin's success as a diplomat was greatly due to his fame among the European elite as a scientist. While in Paris, Franklin was the first to propose the idea of Daylight ...
- 996: Benedict Arnold
- ... see the man Benedict Arnold truly was, and read of the reasons that he lost his love for the Colonial army, and its government. The Battle of Saratoga was a major battle in the American Revolution; it helped persuade the French into signing a Treaty with the United States that helped turn the tides on the British. Major General Horatio Gates was the commander of the Army of the North. His English counterpart was General John ...
- 997: Voltaire
- ... a group of sophisticated Parisian aristocrats. Paris society sought his company for his cleverness, humor and remarkable ability to write verse. In 1717 he was arrested for writing a series of satirical verses ridiculing the French government, and was imprisoned in the Bastille. During his eleven months in prison he wrote his first major play, "Oedipe," which achieved great success in 1718. He adopted his pen name "Voltaire" the same year ... the philosophy of John Locke and ideas of the great scientist Sir Isaac Newton. After his return to Paris he wrote a book praising English customs and institutions. The book was thought to criticize the French government and Voltaire was forced to flee Paris again. In 1759 Voltaire purchased an estate called "Ferney" near the French-Swiss border where he lived until just before of his death. Ferney soon became the intellectual capitol of Europe. Throughout his years in exile Voltaire produced a constant flow of books, plays, pamphlets, and ...
- 998: The Life And Works Of Frederic
- ... been popular for more than half a century, but by the third decade of the nineteenth century, changes in the instrument and its audience transformed the piano's role in musical life. As the Industrial Revolution hit its stride, piano manufacturers developed methods for building many more pianos than had previously been feasible, and at lower cost. Pianos ceased to be the exclusive province of the wealthy; an expanding middle class ... bundle, "My sorrow". In July 1837, Chopin travelled to London in the company of Camille Pleyel in the hope of forgetting all unpleasant memories. Soon afterwards, he entered into a close liaison with the famous French writer George Sand. This author of daring novels, older by six years, and a divorcee with two children, offered the lonely artist what he missed most from the time when he left Warsaw: extraordinary tenderness ...
- 999: The Life And Times Of The Man
- ... on his return to the United States in 1879, while also defending his patents (which were upheld in 1888) against numerous lawsuits. With money from the Volta Prize, awarded to him in 1880 by the French government, Bell established the Volta Laboratory. Among the new devices he invented there were the graphophone for recording sound on wax cylinders or disks; the photophone, for transmitting speech on a beam of light; an ... His love for his family showed when he decided to move them to a much healthier climate in Canada after his brother had died. The times Bell lived in could be highlighted as the Industrial Revolution (1830-1914), American Civil War (1861-1865), and World War I (1914-1918). At the time of Bell's birth James K. Polk was president of the United States; More than 200,000 emigres left ...
- 1000: Sir Anton Dolin
- ... theater suggested that he be sent to London for training in dramatics. In the metropolis Pat studied under Italia Conti, and at the same time he attended the Pitman School for instruction in stenography and French. In 1917, a month after attending a performance of Princess Seraphina Astafievas Swinburne Ballet, the thirteen-year-old boy registered for lessons with the Russian ballerina. A former pupil of the Imperial School and ... Nemchinova-Dolin Ballet, dancing in Swan Lake and his own The Nightingale and the Rose. During the following two years Dolin and Nemchinova toured Holland, Germany, France, and Spain, offering among other compositions, Dolins Revolution, Espagnol, and Rhapsody in Blue. The Nemchinova-Dolin company was disbanded early in 1929, Dolin rejoining the Ballet Russe. The second engagement lasted only a short while-Diaghilevs death in August 1929 causing the ...
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