One of the best of the English writers was George Eliot, who wrote many great novels including the featured book Silas Marner. ... Silas Marner seems to show a hint of autobiography, because in the book Silas leaves his faith due to tragic events in his life. ... I believe this is where she creates her concept of men, which she displayed in Silas Marner and Romola. ... In Silas Marner, Irony set a foundation for George Eliot to build her themes on. ... Silas Marner is a great novel, but it is only one of many that George Eliot wrote. ...

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An ode the woman herself, Queen Victoria, and the subsequent characteristics of the Victorian period In an unpredictable, tumultuous era, the stern, staid figure of Queen Victoria came to represent stability and continuity. The adjective "Victorian" was first used in 1851 to celebrate the nation's mounting pride in its institutions and commercial success. That year, the global predominance of British industry had emerged incontestably at the original "world's fair" in London, the "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations," which Prince Albert helped organize. Arra...

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Technological progression in audio and video recordings, record-breaking pop acts, and high profiles for heavy metal and new age music highlighted 1987. Business boomed as sales of compact disk (CD) players rose rapidly and record companies issued many new albums and reissued old albums on CD. New technology included CD video, that blends video and high-quality digital audio, and super-VHS video, which gets very good video quality thanks to high-speed playing as well as high-speed recording. Amending an earlier ruling, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in November 1987 said that st...

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