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Polly: A Novel

Polly: A Novel is a first novel by Amy Bryant, published in 2006 by Harper Perennial (ISBN 9780060898045).


3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows

It is a spin-off to The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series as main characters Polly, Jo and Ama are about to attend South Bethesda High School, the school the original sisterhood (Bridget "Bee" Vreeland, Lena Kaligaris, Carmen Lowell and Tibby Rollins) attended.

Amelia Dyer

She went instead to 76 Mayo Road, Willesden, London where her 23-year-old daughter Polly was staying.

Anne Marie Ottersen

She has been working at Nationaltheatret (the National Theatre) since 1970, and acted in roles such as "Polly Peachum" in Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera, and "Martha" in Edward Albees Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.

Bernard Dillon

Victory on Lemberg in the 1910 Epsom Derby was his most famous achievement although he also rode winners in the 1,000 Guineas (Flair, 1906 and Electra, 1909), Lincoln (Uninsured, 1904), Cambridgeshire (Hacklers Pride, 1905), Eclipse Stakes (Lally, 1907 and dead heated on Lemberg in 1910), Coronation Cup (Pretty Polly, 1906) and the Grand Prix de Paris (Spearmint, 1906).

Capitoline Grounds

In Darryl Brock's 1990 novel, If I Never Get Back: A Novel, the main character is transported back in time to 1869, where he joins the Cincinnati Red Stockings on their quest to remain undefeated.

Cecilia Young

She made only one more known public performance, appearing at a benefit concert for Polly and her husband, composer François-Hippolyte Barthélémon, in 1774.

Christine McKenna

Upon graduating, she appeared in productions for the National Theatre and in the West End of London, including Stephen Sondheim´s A Little Night Music with Jean Simmons and Hermione Gingold, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Great Expectations, and played "Polly" in The Boy Friend with Glynis Johns, "Sally Bowles" in Cabaret, and "Moll" in Moll Flanders.

Delhi: A Novel

Some parts of the novel were also published in the Evergreen Review and The Illustrated Weekly of India.

Edward Bates

Lucy Berry, 14-year-old slave freed in suit brought by her mother Polly Berry and argued by Bates

Emmie Owen

She left the company to appear in a Christmas pantomime in Birmingham, returning to tour with the company in 1892 as Cynthia in The Vicar of Bray and as Polly in the companion piece, Captain Billy.

Five Little Peppers

The Pepper books were the inspiration for a brief series of feature films produced by Columbia Pictures in 1939 & '40. The four films were vehicles for Columbia's juvenile star Edith Fellows, who played Polly. The rest of the kids were Charles Peck as Ben, Tommy Bond of Our Gang as Joey, Robert Boyce "Bobby" Larson as Davie, and Dorothy Ann Seese as Phronsie.

Geoghan

Lisa Geoghan (b. 1967), British actress best known for playing PC/CAD Officer Polly Page on The Bill

George Royal

Foaled in Cloverdale, British Columbia, George Royal was sired by Dark Hawk out of the mare Polly Bashaw.

Harry Cookson

Cookson married Polly Castle at South Shore's Holy Trinity Church on 28 January 1895 and honeymooned later the same day in London.

Her Right to Live

Polly Biggs (Peggy Hyland) is the eldest of a family of orphaned children who are taken in by their uncle, Mayor Hoadley (John S. Robertson).

Jakalope

For this album, the band collaborated with a large number of guest musicians, including Trent Reznor (who contributed production work, as well as song writing, and instrumentation), Kat Bjelland and members of Acid Polly Sloan, Monster Magnet and Malhavoc.

John Gay

He wrote a sequel, Polly, relating the adventures of Polly Peachum in the West Indies; its production was forbidden by the Lord Chamberlain, no doubt through the influence of Walpole.

Lady Chatterly's Stories

Polly Quennel was brought in as executive producer and Rebecca Lord was brought in as director.

Lighthouse Mouse

By this time, Polly has counted more than 70,000 seconds (which in reality is most of a day), but the punch-drunk feline goes back for more, assuring Polly he will get the mouse "quicker than you can count up to Jack Robinson".

Major Dad

Major Dad is an American sitcom created by Richard C. Okie and John G. Stephens, developed by Earl Pomerantz, that originally ran from 1989 to 1993 on CBS, starring Gerald McRaney as Major John D. MacGillis and Shanna Reed as his wife Polly.

Mann's Lick

In 1844 it was given to Margaret W. Preston, as she was the favorite stepdaughter of her father's (William Preston) wife, Polly Wickliffe.

Mir Taqi Mir

Khushwant Singh's famous novel Delhi: A Novel gives very interesting details about the fictional life and adventures of the great poet.

Murder of Polly Klaas

The Nirvana song "Polly" off of their album Nevermind, has been erroneously attributed to the Klaas murder.

Ozie Boo!

Other characters include Rajah the baby Siberian tiger, Mikky and Nikky the polar bear cubs, Mel the starfish, Wally and Polly the baby belugas, and Sky the albatross.

Polly Cuninghame

Marie Polly Cuninghame (ca. 1785, Bordeaux - 9 April 1837, De Bilt), known after her marriage as Polly de Heus, was a Dutch ballet dancer.

Polly Peterson

Polly Suzanne Peterson Bowles (born January 22, 1959) is a beauty queen from Edina, Minnesota, who has held the Miss Minnesota USA title.

Polly Rosenbaum Building

The building was renamed the Polly Rosenbaum Building in honor of Polly Rosenbaum, a longtime member of the Arizona House of Representatives who, in collaboration with then-governor Rose Mofford, spearheaded efforts to obtain and renovate the building as a permanent home for the Department's mineral collection and archives.

Polly Trottenberg

Polly Trottenberg is the current Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation, appointed by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on January 2, 2014, to replace Janette Sadik-Khan.

Polly with a Past

Polly with a Past is a 1920 American silent film produced and distributed by Metro Pictures and directed by Leander de Cordova.

Polly Wolly Doodle

Popular early 20th century child actor Shirley Temple also sang "Polly Wolly Doodle" in the 1935 film, The Littlest Rebel.

"Polly Wolly Doodle" appears in the existing manuscript for Laura Ingalls Wilder's These Happy Golden Years exactly as it is used in the published version.

Pretty Polly Perkins of Paddington Green

In the British Royal Navy, and in the Royal Australian Navy, sailors with a surname of Perkins are traditionally given the nickname of 'Polly'.

Richard Mabey

He now lives in the Waveney Valley in Norfolk, with his partner Polly Lavendar, and retreats to a boat on the Norfolk Broads.

Richard: A Novel

Richard: A Novel is a book by English author and journalist Ben Myers about Richey Edwards, the former rhythm guitarist and co-lyricist of the Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers.

Robert Ressler

Ressler's visit to Ciudad Juárez (in Mexico) to investigate the still-active femicides occurring there served as inspiration for the character Albert Kessler in Roberto Bolaño's novel 2666.

Shirl Bernheim

From 1978 to 1979 she played Polly the Prize Lady on The Cheap Show, which was hosted by Dick Martin.

The Old Man in the Corner

The Old Man in the Corner was featured in a series of twelve British two-reel silent films, made by the Stoll Film Company in 1924, written and directed by Hugh Croise and starring Rolf Leslie as The Old Man and Renee Wakefield as journalist Mary Hatley (Polly Burton in the book).

The radio series The Teahouse Detective was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 starring Bernard Hepton as "The Man in the Corner" and Suzanne Burdon as Polly Burton.

The second series (1973) began with "The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway" featuring Judy Geeson as Polly Burton.

Tibby Rollins

In 3 Willows, Polly babysits Tibby's little brother and sister.

Toliver Craig, Sr.

In 1730, he married Mary (Polly) Hawkins (descendant of John Hawkins), with whom he would have 12 children.

Toonstruck

Polly (April Winchell): The kindly sheep who hangs around with Marge in the barn.

Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?

It stars Dorothy McGowan as supermodel Polly Maggoo being followed by a French television crew.

William Warder Norton

He grew up in Columbus, Ohio, moved to New York City and started an import-export business, met and married Margaret Dows Herter, known as Polly or Mary.


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