| Gogol came to have his name by accident, but that accident set in motion a series of events that would demarcate the history of a family. |
| Tosca is an opera in three acts set in Rome about 1800 at a time of revolution. |
| A historical epic set in China's vast northern wastelands would be expensive to make. |
| Rather than being set in stone, the iron trough containing the canal is balanced on top of hundred-foot long, spindly legs. |
| Separately and together they wrote many books, mainly set in Ireland, as well as many articles, letters, diaries, and jottings. |
| Djuna Barnes was one of the bohemian set in 1920 and 30s Paris, and her creative circle of acquaintance included Gertrude Stein. |
