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While Bartlebooth's puzzle narrative is the central story of the book, 11 rue Simon-Crubellier is the subject of the novel. 11 rue Simon-Crubellier has been frozen at the instant in time when Bartlebooth dies. People are frozen in different apartments, on the stairs, and in the cellars. Some rooms are vacant.
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nude; in French, literally, in a natural manner or way (au is the contraction of à le, masculine form of à la). It means "in an unaltered way" and can be used either for people or things. For people, it rather refers to a person who does not use make-up or artificial manners (un entretien au naturel = a backstage interview). For things, it ...
The beginnings of modern fiction in France took a pseudo-bucolic form, and the celebrated L'Astrée, (1610) of Honore d'Urfe (1568–1625), which is the earliest French novel, is properly styled a pastoral. Although its action was, in the main, languid and sentimental, there was a side of the Astree which encouraged that extravagant love of ...
Talk to the Snail (2006) An ironical survival guide to the French way of life. 1000 Years of Annoying the French (2010) A satirical version of British-French history. Paris Revealed - The Secret Life of a City (2011) A behind the scenes look of Paris. Dirty Bertie: An English King Made in France (2014) A biography of Edward VII; How the French ...
English had also borrowed large numbers of words from French, and kept their French spellings. The spelling of Middle English is very irregular and inconsistent, with the same word being spelled in different ways, sometimes even in the same sentence. However, these were generally much better guides to the then-pronunciation than modern English ...
White Dog, released in France as Chien Blanc, is a non-fiction autobiographical novel written by Romain Gary. Originally published as a short story in Life in 1970 (9 October), the full novel was published in 1970 in French in France by Éditions Gallimard. Gary's English version of the novel was published in North America in the same year by ...
And Their Children After Them (novel) Angélique (novel series) Angélique and the King; Angélique, the Marquise of the Angels; Les Animaux dénaturés; Ao: The Last Hunter; Aphrodite: mœurs antiques; L'Argent; Ariane, jeune fille russe (novel) Around the Moon; Around the World in Eighty Days; Arthur (Besson book series) L'Assommoir; L ...