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2. DARKSON HOUSE “After thirteen years of being deserted Darkson House is now occupied again. This famous house, which is 100 years old this year, was constructed by Mr Darkson at great expense in the early days of Dayman Heads. When it was built, it was considered one of theContinua

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Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)  Queen Victoria  The Victorian Scene The Victorian period was called so after Victoria of Hanover, who was Queen of Great Britain from 1837 until 1901 and who embodied the success of industrial England (see the Christal Palace Exhibition of 1815) and of its colonial expansion (Victoria wasContinua

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George Orwell (1903-1950) Life and works1903: George Orwell, whose real name is Eric Blair, was born in Bengal.He was the son of an official in the Indian Civil Service. When he was 8, he went back to England to be educated since he belonged to a “lower-upper-middle class family”, asContinua