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al-ʿIqd al-Farīd (The Unique Necklace, Arabic: العقد الفريد) is an anthology attempting to encompass 'all that a well-informed person had to know in order to pass in society as a cultured and refined individual' (or adab), [1] composed by Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih (860–940), an Arab writer and poet from Córdoba in Al-Andalus.
First edition. Hangman's Holiday [1] is a collection of short stories, mostly murder mysteries, by Dorothy L. Sayers.This collection, the ninth in the Lord Peter Wimsey series, was first published by Gollancz in 1933, [2] and has been reprinted a number of times since, for example the 1995 paperback: ISBN 978-0-06-104362-8).
Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, self proclaimed "Comtesse de la Motte" (22 July 1756 [1] – 23 August 1791) was a French noblewoman, notorious adventuress and a thief; she was married to Nicholas de la Motte whose family's claim to nobility was dubious. [2]
Sir Pellias accepts his help, and they devise a plan, but Sir Gawaine is charmed by Lady Ettard. Sir Pellias and Sir Gawaine fight, wherein Pellias, although victorious, is wounded by Gawaine. Pellias, near death, is brought to the chapel of a healing hermit. The Lady of the Lake comes, takes the charmed necklace, and revives Pellias with a potion.
After the death of her aunt, the protagonist Charlotte and her aunt’s stepson Arthur Prime, find a tin of imitation jewelry which includes a string of pearls.Charlotte is immediately fascinated with the pearls, and wonders if they could be a gift from when her aunt was an actress.
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Pierre et Jean . Pierre et Jean is a naturalist or psycho-realist work written by Guy de Maupassant in Étretat in his native Normandy between June and September 1887. This was Maupassant's shortest novel. [1]