Story of two widowed sisters in a small Bay Province house. Sisters mourn their husbands' deaths during Canadian warfare. Innkeeper Goodman Parker delivers news of their husbands' survival. Sister Mary initially resists but later experiences joy. Mary awakens to find her husband alive and well
"Fop" first appeared in 1440 as a general term for a fool. In 1672, it became a pejorative term for excessive fashion-conscious men. Similar terms included coxcomb, fribble, popinjay, dandy, and fashion-monger
Born in Boston in 1809 to actors David and Elizabeth Poe. Abandoned by father in 1810, raised by Allan family in Richmond. Attended University of Virginia but left due to financial difficulties. Enlisted in US Army under pseudonym Edgar A. Perry in 1827
Created by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887's "A Study in Scarlet". First appeared in print between 1887 and 1927. Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's Dupin and Émile Gaboriau's Lecoq. Based on real-life surgeon Joseph Bell and Sir Henry Littlejohn
Alice falls down a rabbit-hole after seeing a White Rabbit with a watch. She finds herself in a dark hall with locked doors. She uses a "Drink Me" bottle to shrink to ten inches. She eats a cake to grow larger, reaching nine feet
Mrs. Reed keeps Jane Eyre as a dependent child in Gateshead Hall. John Reed, fourteen, bullies and punishes Jane constantly. Jane's sisters Eliza and Georgiana are respected, while John is cruel