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The following is a list of characters from La Comédie humaine a collection of 95 loosely connected novels satirically detailing the life and times of French society in the period after the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)—namely the period of the Restoration (1815–1830) and the July Monarchy (1830–1848).
"Scènes de la vie privée" "Scènes de la vie de province" "Scènes de la vie parisienne" "Scènes de la vie politique" "Scènes de la vie militaire" "Scènes de la vie de campagne" In 1839, in a letter to his publisher, Balzac mentioned for the first time the expression Comédie humaine, and this title is in the contract he signed in 1841.
La vie quotidienne (in French). Hachette. 2002. Misères et tourments de la chair durant la Grande Guerre. Les mœurs sexuelles des Français (1914-1918) [Deprivation and Torments of the Flesh during the Great War] (in French). Aubier. 2002. Histoire de l'avortement XIXe-XXe siècle (with Catherine Valenti). L’Univers historique (in French).
One famous Moche portrait vessel is known as the Huaco Retrato Mochica. The portrait was made during the Late Moche period (ca. 600 CE), according to the chronology made by Rafael Larco Hoyle in 1948. The ceramic portrait is also an example of a stirrup spout vessel of a Moche ruler.
à la short for (ellipsis of) à la manière de; in the manner of/in the style of [1] à la carte lit. "on the card, i.e. menu". In restaurants it refers to ordering individual dishes from the menu rather than a fixed-price meal. In America "à la carte menu" can be found, an oxymoron and a pleonasm. à propos
In 1899 and 1900, Max Uhle was the first archaeologist to excavate a Moche site, Huaca de la Luna, which is where the architectural complex that is known as Huacas de Moche (Pyramids of Moche) is located in the Moche Valley. The name of this architectural complex is where the name of the Moche site and culture came from.
Eduard von Grützner's depiction of Falstaff, a literary character well known for his joie de vivre.. Joie de vivre (/ ˌ ʒ w ɑː d ə ˈ v iː v (r ə)/ ZHWAH də VEEV (-rə), French: [ʒwa d(ə) vivʁ] ⓘ; "joy of living") is a French phrase often used in English to express a cheerful enjoyment of life, an exultation of spirit, and general happiness.
Bonnes manières (d'hier et d'aujourd'hui) - Quand la Baronne va au supermarché, 2013, éditions Chiflet & Cie, 160 p. (ISBN 978-2-35164-203-0) Madame Doubtfire (2003): a play written by Albert Algoud and directed by Daniel Roussel was released in 2003, with Michel Leeb in the lead role.