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First edition (publ. Doubleday) Nabokov's Dozen is a 1958 collection of 13 short stories by Vladimir Nabokov previously published in American magazines. [1] Nine of them also previously appeared in Nine Stories.
Agnes of Nothing (French: Agnès de rien) is a 1950 French drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Danièle Delorme, Yvonne de Bray and Paul Meurisse. [1] [2] It is based on the novel of the same title by Germaine Beaumont. [3] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond ...
Mademoiselle Fifi. Mademoiselle Fifi is a collection of short stories by Guy de Maupassant published in 1882. [1] The stories are: "Mademoiselle Fifi" "The Practical Joker" "The Door" "The Hair" "Our Letters" "Queen Hortense" "Moonlight" "The Father" "The Coup d'État" "Bed Twenty-Nine" "The Jewels" "The Baby" "The Umbrella" "The Family Circle ...
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The book established Maupassant as a prominent French writer following the success of his first short story, "Boule de suif". Five of the eight stories in the collection had already been published in various magazines, like Revue politique et littéraire and La Vie Moderne , and three were originals.
Mademoiselle de Brie: Célie, a romantic young woman betrothed to the absent Valère but in love with Lélie: Mademoiselle Du Parc: Gorgibus, a bourgeois Parisian, Sganarelle's neighbour and Célie's father: L'Espy (François Bedeau) Lélie, a well-bred and idealistic young man in love with Célie: La Grange: Gros-René, Lélie's gluttonous ...
A sequel, L'incomparable mademoiselle C., followed in 2004 and is based on Une bien curieuse factrice and Une drôle de ministre. There have also been plans to Maïna on the big screen. For Radio-Canada , Demers hosted a children's show called Dominique raconte... , where she read approximately 150 books to young viewers.
Mlle Duval, whose first name is unknown, was a French composer and dancer who was an accomplished harpsichordist. [1] A letter to the Journal des nouvelles de Paris in 1736 reported she was known by the name La Légende because she was an illegitimate child, possibly indicating that Duval was a stage name. [2]