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calls the Beautiful Perfect Mother but who is married. Nathan eventually decides to meet her for his nephew. Her name is Nancy Mazucchelli, she makes jewels to earn a meager living. Nothing happens in Tom’s life except that one day, Lucy knocks on his apartment door. As she does not  say a word, it is impossible to find out where she comes from and why she has come… After a few days spent with her, Tom and Nathan decide to bring her to Tom and Aurora ’s stepsister, Pamela, who lives in Vermont

FRANKENSTEIN Setting and background The life of Mary Shelley She was only 19 when she completed her novel Frankenstein, a book that has become very famous. Parents and early years She was born in a cultured environment and loved reading. Her father was quite a distant father but a good teacher. 1812-22 Romance and tragedy Aged 16 she met the young poet Percy Shelley, whose energetic imagination and intense excitement for nature , the supernatural and science made him fascinating

working on a pit as a trapper. She used to wake up at half past three on the morning to go, dozing to the pit. From four o'clock a.m. to half past five p.m Molly staid alone on the mine without any light. She just had a break of fifteen minutes to eat at midday. Then she continued her painful labour up to the night besides she sometimes worked on the night shift. Occasionally, a supervisor spent the day with her beatting our dear little girl for his pleasure. When she came bach home Molly was compelled

Easily confused words sensitive - sensible sensitive sensible sensible sensé, raisonnable She is a very sensitive person. She cries easily. C'est une personne très sensible. Elle pleure facilement. Be sensible! Driving too fast is crazy. Soyez raisonnables ! Rouler trop vite est insensé. actually - currently actually currently en fait actuellement Actually I'm not happy with the job Actually, I'm not happy with the job. En fait, je ne suis pas content du travail. They are living in Brighton

the girl was beautiful, she had the cool icy blond beauty one imagines the swedes have. She was long, tall, thin, whith creamy skin, big blue eyes, and pale blond hair that hung straight to her shoulders. She said she had been a model at fourteen, but then she got into movies, and she had been acting since she was seventeen. She had been in five movies in seven years, and sarah remembered vaguely that there had been a scandal involving her sleeping with a director when she was underage. And then thre

Steele This is an extract from the novel Daddy by Danielle Steele, published in 1989. The novel centres on Oliver whose wife Sarah decides that she has had enough of being a wife and mother and she is leaving to return to her studies and “find herself”. In this extract, however, it is not clear that this is the reason for the mother’s absence: we know only that she is “gone” which could be a euphemism for “dead”. Oliver therefore has to play the role of both parents and earn a living and it is clear

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and laugh” FAMILY DISPUTE 7. pp. 50-53 “But when Easter came” to “It seemed to her that it listened and understood” PREGNANCY WITH BEN 8. pp. 53-56 “A scene in the kitchen” to “they ran safely home” THE FAIRY TALE 9. pp. 59-62 “And as she walked” to “and then went home with her new child” BEN'S BIRTH 10. pp 67-70 “The news had flown around the family” to “he was so strong” BEN AND THE FAMILY 11. pp 71-75 “Then something bad happened.” to “live here for weeks at a time at your expense”

industry of revolution increased, so the power was given to parliament) The British queen personifies the state. In law, she is the head of the executive, she is part of parliament, she is the head of the judiciary, the commander who chief of the arm forces and the supreme governor of the church of England. She has a rôle to play in parliament. She is the head of the judiciary and she is also the supreme governor of England (Temporal chief : the queen, spiritual chief : the archbishop of Canterbury)

Jordan leaves (mentally or physically we don’t know. He travels with John Tradescant = historically he was a traveler during the period = he gathered some “curiosities”) * Jordan is looking for a dancing girl (fortunata) but he does not know if she exists, he meets the 12 / 11? Princesses they tell him their stories after the end of the tale “the 12 dancing princesses” (Grimm) they all have left their husbands for different reasons. (in each case = because of feminism/ girl power) * Shift