The eruption caught Pompeians by surprise: "They heard the crash of falling roofs: an instant more and the mountain-cloud seemed to roll towards them, dark and rapid, like a torrent; at the same time, it cast forth from its bosom a showe of ashes mixed with vast fragments of burning stone! ...

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• Approx Pages: 30
• Grade Level: High School

Rosemary's Baby The year is 1965 and a young couple is apartment shopping in New York City. Guy Woodhouse (the husband) is a struggling actor. The fact that Guy is a struggling actor later becomes a big theme in the movie. He is very obsessed with his work, often neglecting Rosemary. He desperat...

• Word Count: 2098
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School