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  2. Dick Whittington and His Cat - Wikipedia

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    Coloured cut from a children's book published in New York, c. 1850 (Dunigan's edition). Dick Whittington and His Cat is the English folklore surrounding the real-life Richard Whittington (c. 1354–1423), wealthy merchant and later Lord Mayor of London. [1] The legend describes his rise from poverty-stricken childhood with the fortune he made ...

  3. Big Two-Hearted River - Wikipedia

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    Big Two-Hearted River. Ernest Hemingway in 1923, two years before the publication of "Big Two-Hearted River". " Big Two-Hearted River " is a two-part short story written by American author Ernest Hemingway, published in the 1925 Boni & Liveright edition of In Our Time, the first American volume of Hemingway's short stories.

  4. Hills Like White Elephants - Wikipedia

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    The Killers. " Hills Like White Elephants " is a short story by Ernest Hemingway. It was first published in August 1927, in the literary magazine transition, then later in the 1927 short story collection Men Without Women. Later the story was adapted for film in 2002. "Hills Like White Elephants" is a short 38-minute film; British actor Greg ...

  5. The Cats of Ulthar - Wikipedia

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    Publication date. November 1920. " The Cats of Ulthar " is a short story written by American fantasy author H. P. Lovecraft in June 1920. In the tale, an unnamed narrator relates the story of how a law forbidding the killing of cats came to be in a town called Ulthar. As the narrative goes, the city is home to an old couple who enjoy capturing ...

  6. Sylvester the Cat - Wikipedia

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    Relatives. Sylth Vester (descendant) Nationality. American. Died. 234 times. Sylvester J. Pussycat Sr. is a fictional character, an anthropomorphic cat in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. [ 1] Most of his appearances have him often chasing Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales, or Hippety Hopper.

  7. The Great Cat Massacre - Wikipedia

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    DC33.4 D37 1984. The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History is an influential collection of essays on the cultural history of early modern France by the American historian Robert Darnton, first published in 1984. The book's title is derived from its most famous chapter which describes and interprets an unusual source ...

  8. Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart - Wikipedia

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    Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart ( French: Lancelot, le Chevalier de la charrette ), is a 12th-century Old French poem by Chrétien de Troyes, although it is believed that Chrétien did not complete the text himself. It is one of the first stories of the Arthurian legend to feature Lancelot as a prominent character.

  9. Man and His Symbols - Wikipedia

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    Man and His Symbols. Man and His Symbols is the last work undertaken by Carl Jung before his death in 1961. First published in 1964, it is divided into five parts, four of which were written by associates of Jung: Marie-Louise von Franz, Joseph L. Henderson, Aniela Jaffé, and Jolande Jacobi. The book, which contains numerous illustrations ...