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Literary Studies (British and Irish)
Cricket on the Hearth, The
Edited by Margaret Drabble, Jenny Stringer and Daniel Hahn.
in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Reference Entry. Subjects: Literary Studies (British and Irish). 160 words.
a Christmas book by Dickens, published 1846.
John Peerybingle, carrier, and his much younger wife, Dot, are as
Edited by Dinah Birch and Katy Hooper.
January 2012; p ublished online May 2013 .
The third of Charles *Dickens's five Christmas Books, published 1846. John Peerybingle, carrier, and his younger wife, Dot, are a happy couple, although the venomous old Tackleton, who is...
Edited by Dinah Birch.
in The Oxford Companion to English Literature
Ross, Alan (1922–2001)
Daniel Hahn and Nicholas Robins.
in The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland
Reference Entry. Subjects: Literary Studies (British and Irish). 53 words.
(1922–2001),
poet, memoirist, editor, and cricket writer: educ. Falmouth, Hertford, and Oxford
Nyren, John (1764–1837)
a famous early cricketer and cricket chronicler. His recollections were published in The Young Cricketer's Tutor
James, C. L. R. (1901–89)
(1901–89),
historian, novelist, cricket enthusiast, born in Tunapuna, Trinidad. His many works include Minty Alley (
Carr, J. L. (1912–94)
Novelist, children's writer, and independent publisher. His works include A Season in Sinji (1968, a cricket story); How Steeple Sinderby Won the FA Cup...
born and educated in Yorkshire, and at Dudley Training College. His works include A Season in Sinji (1968, a cricket story); ...
Historian, novelist, Marxist theorist, and cricket enthusiast, born in Trinidad. His works include Minty Alley (1936), a realist novel describing the intrigues amongst the mixed‐race...
A figure of speech which substitutes a whole for a part or a part for a whole, e.g. 'the police are coming' to refer to one police officer, or 'Australia' in reference to its cricket team;...