‘Trout’ Quintet
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‘Trout’ Quintet. Nickname of pf. quintet in A major by Schubert (D667), so called because 4th of 5 movts. is set of variations on his song
Die Forelle (The
Trout, 1817, D550). Comp. 1819.
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The real Robinson Crusoe: Alexander Selkirk was marooned for 52 months in the South Seas.(Features)(Books)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 2/21/2002; 700+ words
; ...later, a Scottish sailor named Alexander Selkirk protested, claiming that their...And so they left him there. Selkirk spent the next 52 months marooned...soon forgot there ever was an Alexander Selkirk. Now, with her fascinating...
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Desert island dyspeptic John Preston on the travails of Alexander Selkirk, the foul-tempered original of Robinson Crusoe
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 5/13/2001; ; 700+ words
; Selkirk's Island by Diana Souhami Weidenfeld...pounds 12.99 (99p p&p) 0870 155 7222 ALEXANDER SELKIRK had a good deal in common with his fictional...survived for 28 years on his island, Selkirk for a mere four. Crusoe, latterly at...
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Times past: Alexander Selkirk
Newspaper article from: Evening Times; 5/14/2001; ; 436 words
; Alexander Selkirk ONE of the greatest novels ever written was based on the adventures of Scotsman Alexander Selkirk, who was the model for Daniel Defoe's...island - and its neighbour became known as Alexander Selkirk. Y
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Robert Kraske: Marooned: The Strange but True Adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the Real Robinson Crusoe.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Horn Book Magazine; 11/1/2005; ; 620 words
; ...Kraske Marooned: The Strange but True Adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the Real Robinson Crusoe; illus. by Robert Andrew...1704 a young, hot-headed sailing master, one Alexander Selkirk, was unceremoniously dropped off on a deserted South...
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Marooned: The Strange but True Adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the Real Robinson Crusoe.(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
Magazine article from: Children's Bookwatch; 6/1/2006; 459 words
; ...0618568433 $15.00 www.amazon.com Scottish mariner Alexander Selkirk is marooned on a South Pacific island--and becomes...in Marooned: The Strange But True Adventures Of Alexander Selkirk, The Real Robinson Crusoe.
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Travel: Crusoe's island paradise; Tobago's main claim to fame may be Alexander Selkirk but its determination to encourage only eco-friendly tourism should also win it plaudits, says Eric Tingley.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 3/16/2002; 700+ words
; ...enough. The hero of Daniel Defoe's 18th-century novel was based on the real-life experiences of one Alexander Selkirk. Selkirk ran away to sea in 1704 and asked to be left on an uninhabited island and rescued five years later. He built...
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Souhami, Diana. Selkirk's island; the true and strange adventures of the real Robinson Crusoe.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Kliatt; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...in the 1700s. The result is the shocking story of Alexander Selkirk, the man on whom the story of Robinson Crusoe is...become the home, or more aptly, the prison, of Alexander Selkirk for 52 months. Souhami introduces us to Selkirk...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Real story of Crusoe can now be told; Author claims Selkirk's castaway tale was based on someone else.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 6/16/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...tears. The hirsute creature was Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish mariner abandoned...land surrounded by the South Sea. Selkirk, so the story goes, survived...return to London, the captain of Selkirk's rescue vessel, The Duke...
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 "The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)")
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`Selkirk's Island: The True and Strange Adventures of the Real Robinson Crusoe' by Diana Souhami; Harcourt ($24).
Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service); 7/25/2002; 700+ words
; ...miles from Chile. The man was Alexander Selkirk (although that may not have...character, Robinson Crusoe, on Selkirk, adding an additional 24 years...divorce), the sea beckoned. Alexander Selkirk died in 1721 aboard a naval...
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`Selkirk's Island: The True and Strange Adventures of the Real Robinson Crusoe' by Diana Souhami; Harcourt.(The Dallas Morning News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 7/31/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...miles from Chile. The man was Alexander Selkirk (although that may not have...character, Robinson Crusoe, on Selkirk, adding an additional 24 years...divorce), the sea beckoned. Alexander Selkirk died in 1721 aboard a naval...
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Alexander Selkirk
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Alexander Selkirk , 1676-1721, Scottish sailor whose adventures...1719). In 1704, as a sailing master, Selkirk quarreled with the captain of his ship in...J. Howell, The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk (1829).
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Selkirk, Alexander
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
Selkirk, Alexander (1676–1721), British seaman...with his captain, Thomas Stradling, Selkirk asked to be marooned on the island of...After his return to England in 1711, Selkirk told his story to Richard Steele, who...
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Dampier, William
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
...this voyage that one of the crew, Alexander Selkirk , was marooned on Juan Fernandez Island at his own request. It was Selkirk's story of his time on the island...one of the ships, and during it Selkirk was rescued from Juan Fernandez...
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William Cowper
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...the artificial elevatedness of Alexander Pope's version. In 1799 Cowper...Lines Supposed to Be Written by Alexander Selkirk" (published 1782), it is...University Press, 1989. Roy, James Alexander, Cowper & his poetry...
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Juan Fernández
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...formerly Más a Tierra) and Isla Alejandro Selkirk (formerly Más Afuera). Volcanic in origin...confinement on Más a Tierra (1704-9) of Alexander Selkirk , a Scottish sailor. Occupied by the Spanish in 1750...
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