Sentence examples for character of the stories from inspiring English sources
The battle traditionally marks the beginning of the Christian reconquest of Spain, and, despite the legendary character of the stories about Pelayo, he became a major symbol of Christian resistance in medieval Spanish history.
Robert Irwin, a great devotee of the Nights, has supplied an introduction to each volume on the character of the stories, their transmission over the generations, and their influence on modern European and eastern literature.
His two books—"Cinnamon Shops" (1934; the English translation is titled "The Street of Crocodiles") and "The Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass" (1937)—create a fantastic universe, a private mythology of one family, and are written in a language that brims with life, a language that is itself the main character of the stories and is the only dimension in which they could possibly exist.
Among his contributions to "Silver River" were plot suggestions that retain the mythic character of the story while adding detail about the characters' motivations.
The Vampire Lovers, a Hammer production, casts Ingrid Pitt as Carmilla, a more voluptuous and obvious temptress than the invalid cuckoo-in-the-nest character of the story.
The main character of the story, Noelle Hartley, sees words rather than images in the stream that Verity provides.
Davies had also considered making the viewpoint character of the story a woman but felt that he already had enough focus on female guest characters that series.
