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Bonheur du jour, now in the Palace of Versailles, attributed to Jean Henri Riesener A bonheur du jour (in French, bonheur-du-jour , meaning "daytime delight") is a type of lady's writing desk . It was introduced in Paris by one of the interior decorators and purveyors of fashionable novelties called marchands-merciers about 1760, and speedily ...
a very small amount. (In French, it can also mean "suspicion".) soupe du jour lit. "soup of the day", the particular kind of soup offered that day. succès d'estime lit. "success of esteem; critical success"; sometimes used pejoratively in English. [55]
The menu du jour, a cheaper version with less choice, an entrée and a main course, the plat du jour ("dish of the day") changed every day, is usually between €9 and €15. [5] In Belgium, restaurants in the medium to high price range tend to serve menus where the customer can compose a menu from a list of entrees, main courses and desserts ...
Belle de Jour (pronounced [bɛl də ʒuʁ]) is a 1967 surrealist erotic [3] psychological drama film directed by Luis Buñuel, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jean-Claude Carrière. Based on the 1928 novel of the same name by Joseph Kessel , the film stars Catherine Deneuve in the leading role, a young housewife who spends her midweek ...
The Order of the Day (French: L'Ordre du jour) is a novel by the French writer Éric Vuillard. [1] In French it is described as a récit, while The Guardian described it as an historical essay with literary flourishes. [2] The book received the Prix Goncourt. [3]
He is also the creator of the syndicated comic strip Mike du Jour. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Mike du Jour launched in 1995, running in The Wall Street Journal until 1998. [3] It began being syndicated in 2012, by The Washington Post Writers Group; in 2022 the strip moved to Andrews McMeel Syndication. [3]
"Souviens-toi du jour" (English: "Remember the Day") is a 1999 song recorded by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. It was the third single from her fifth studio album Innamoramento and was released on 2 September 1999.
Emma Klein of The Independent wrote in 1995: "Notwithstanding passages of lyricism which rival the Song of Songs, Belle du Seigneur is more than a love story. At root, with its superb, minutely observed satire of human pretensions and frailties, its frequent, haunting allusions to death lurking in wait, it is the scriptural 'Vanity of Vanities' made pulsating, exuberant flesh."