The world depression of the 1930s affected most of the population of the United States.
Frontier humor and realism Two major literary currents in 19th-century America merged in Mark Twain: popular frontier humor and local color, or “regionalism.
From London down the Thames and into Essex, Sussex, and even Kent, a new working and middle class dialect has evolved and is rapidly become “the” southern dialect.
Cockney is probably the second most famous British accent. It originated in the East End of London, but shares many features with and influences other dialects in that region.
Imagism flourished in Britain and in the United States for a brief period that is generally considered to be somewhere between 1909 and 1917.
Necessity Of Examining The Condition Of The States Before That Of The Union At Large.
Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott “Pondering shadows, colors, clouds Grass-buds, and caterpillar shrouds Boughs on which the wild bees settle, Tints that spot the violet’s petal.
It is difficult to say for what reason the Americans can trade at a lower rate than other nations; and one is at first led to attribute this circumstance to the physical or natural advantages which a
L.Frank Baum.
The story of a miracle The Prophet ‘Isa was the last of the Messengers before the Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.
Jack London, whose life symbolized the power of will, was the most successful writer in America in the early 20th Century.
THE GIFT OF THE MAGI by O. Henry One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies.
Chapter Summary Utility of knowing the origin of nations in order to understand their social condition and their laws—America the only country in which the starting-point of a great people has been c
are not simply cold linguistic systems studied in grammar books, but rather, tools for human communication.
British English in Southern England In general, Southern English accents are distinguished from Northern English accents primarily by not using the short a in words such as “bath”.