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Hace 19 horas · Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel. It depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip (the book is a Bildungsroman, a coming-of-age story).It is Dickens' second novel, after David Copperfield, to be fully narrated in the first person. The novel was first published as a serial in Dickens's weekly periodical All the Year Round ...
Hace 19 horas · George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was a British poet and peer. He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, and is regarded as being among the greatest of English poets. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narratives Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; much of his shorter lyrics in Hebrew Melodies also became popular.
Hace 19 horas · Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire and span the transition from the Classical period to the Romantic era in classical music. His early period, during which he forged his craft, is ...
Hace 19 horas · Erwin Rommel Rommel, c. 1942 Birth name Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel Nickname(s) "The Desert Fox" Born (1891-11-15) 15 November 1891 Heidenheim an der Brenz, Württemberg, German Empire Died 14 October 1944 (1944-10-14) (aged 52) Herrlingen, Gau Württemberg-Hohenzollern, Nazi Germany Cause of death Forced suicide by cyanide poisoning Buried Herrlingen cemetery Allegiance German Empire (1911 ...
Hace 19 horas · Julia Jean "Lana" Turner (/ ˈ l ɑː n ə / LAH-nə; February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an American actress. Over a career spanning nearly five decades, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a film actress, as well as for her highly publicized personal life. In the mid-1940s, she was one of the highest-paid American actresses and one of MGM's biggest stars, with her films earning ...
Hace 19 horas · Princess Fiona is a fictional character in DreamWorks' Shrek franchise, first appearing in the 1990 book Shrek! as the magnificent princess and subsequently in the animated film adaption of the same name as Princess Fiona. One of the film series' main characters, Fiona is introduced as a beautiful princess placed under a curse that transforms her into an ogress at night.
Hace 19 horas · Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. A member of the Republican Party, he held office during the onset of the Great Depression.A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover led the wartime Commission for Relief in Belgium, served as the director ...
