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The site of the house — had it ever existed — would have been at the north end of Baker Street on the west side, near Regent's Park and Baker Street tube station. This justifies the claim of the Sherlock Holmes Museum that they occupy the real location of 221b Baker Street.
We met next day as he had arranged, and inspected the rooms at No. 221B

Nacque a Lowell il 12 marzo del 1922 ed ebbe una rigida istruzione cattolica i cui effetti si manifestarono nelle profonde aspirazioni religiose, nonostante una vita dissipata e vagabonda. Cominciò a frequentare l'università fino all'imbarco in marina come cuoco nel conflitto mondiale. Fu congedato perché nevrotico e in patria riprese a studiare fino a

Until they were old enough to go away to a boarding school or college, or have a tutor, upper and middle class children were taught in their homes by governesses. Although a governess had to have the education and manners of a "lady," she was treated as a servant. However, the other servants did not accept her either because she shared a level of intima

➢ Queen Victoria
When King William IV died, he was succeeded by his niece Victoria, who was only 18. She became soon very popular because of her strong sense of duty and her simplicity.
The constitution under Queen Victoria did not differ from the one we know today.
Her inexperience facilitated the British two-party system. The reign was pol

THE LITERARY GROUND: literature in the Romantic Age
ROMANTIC POETRY
During the Romantic period, poetry became one of the most vital forms of literary expression. The poetry of Romanticism signalled a profound change in sensibility which was occurring in Britain and in Europe at the time. Intellectually, the Romantic movement signalled a violent

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The Queen is the head of state and a symbol of national unity but she has no control over the policies of the government. Parliament is responsible for making the laws of the country and for giving authority to the decision of the government.
The main institution of parliament is the House of Commons, which has 659 members. The members of parliament

Blair completed “Down and Out” in 1932, and it was published early the next year while he was working briefly as a schoolteacher at a private school in Hayes, Middlesex. Blair adopted the pen-name George Orwell just before “Down and Out” was published.
In December 1936, Orwell went to Spain to fight for the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War

-The Ten-Hours Act, which limited the working hours to ten a day;
-Several Mines Acts, that regulated the employment of children and women;
-Factory Act, which forbad to assume anyone under 14, for a full-time job;
-Education Act provided a system of state primary schools;
-The Emancipation of All Religion sects, by which Catholics were