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17-year-old Cécile spends her summer in a villa on the French Riviera with her father Raymond and his current mistress, the young, superficial, fashionable Elsa, who gets on well with Cécile. Raymond is an attractive, worldly, amoral man who excuses his serial philandering by quoting Oscar Wilde : "Sin is the only note of vivid colour that ...
Whether you're searching for a quote to write inside a card to your dad, a sentimental quote to share with a grandparent or just a funny family quote to make your mom laugh, these inspirational ...
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Guillemets may also be called angle, Latin, Castilian, Spanish, or French quotes/quotation marks. [ citation needed ] Guillemet is a diminutive of the French name Guillaume , apparently after the French printer and punchcutter Guillaume Le Bé (1525–1598), [ 5 ] though he did not invent the symbols: they first appear in a 1527 book printed by ...
' Without Family '; English: Nobody's Boy) is an 1878 French novel by Hector Malot. The most recent English translation is Alone in the World by Adrian de Bruyn in 2007. The novel was reportedly inspired by the Italian street musicians of the 19th century, in particular the harpists from Viggiano , Basilicata .
French Language and Literature. Authors • Lit categories: French literary history Medieval 16th century • 17th century 18th century • 19th century
Jean de La Fontaine (UK: / ˌ l æ f ɒ n ˈ t ɛ n,-ˈ t eɪ n /, [1] US: / ˌ l ɑː f ɒ n ˈ t eɪ n, l ə-, ˌ l ɑː f oʊ n ˈ t ɛ n /; [2] [3] French: [ʒɑ̃ d(ə) la fɔ̃tɛn]; 8 July 1621 – 13 April 1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century.
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Tuesday told lawmakers that France was drowning in debt, but pledged to listen to ideas to renegotiate a landmark 2023 pension reform in a bid to win ...