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"The Necklace", or sometimes "The Diamond Necklace", (French: La Parure) is a short story by Guy de Maupassant, first published on 17 February 1884 in the French newspaper Le Gaulois. [1] It is known for its twist ending , a hallmark of de Maupassant's style.
The Queen's Necklace is a novel by Alexandre Dumas that was published in 1849 and 1850 (immediately following the French Revolution of 1848). It is loosely based on the Affair of the Diamond Necklace , an episode involving fraud and royal scandal that made headlines at the court of Louis XVI in the 1780s.
Original Title Translated Title Originally Published Date published Pseudonym used Former Title; Un bandit corse "The Corsican bandit" Gil Blas: 5/25/1882 Maufrigneuse Une partie de campagne "A country excursion" Modern Life 04/02/1881 - 04/09/1881 Un coup d’État "A Coup d'État" Moonlight collection 10/1/1883 Un lâche "A coward" Le Gaulois ...
The strip was originally published in Tintin magazine in 1965 before coming out in book form in 1967. With S.O.S. Meteors and The Time Trap, it forms the final instalment of a trilogy of adventures that take place in France featuring many of the same characters—Blake, Mortimer and their contact Pradier.
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al-ʿIqd al-Farīd (The Unique Necklace, Arabic: العقد الفريد) is an anthology attempting to encompass 'all that a well-informed person had to know in order to pass in society as a cultured and refined individual' (or adab), [1] composed by Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih (860–940), an Arab writer and poet from Córdoba in Al-Andalus.
Anchor Books: Comedy: Free verse [33] Known for its extensive scholarly notes; the full text is over 600 pages. [34] The Hollanders were given a Gold Florin award from the city of Florence for their translation. [35] 2002: Ciaran Carson: Ireland (published in the United Kingdom) Granta Books: Inferno: Terza rima: First Irish translation of ...
Mary De Morgan, the youngest daughter of distinguished mathematician Augustus De Morgan, was born in 7 Camden Street, London, on 24 February 1850. [8] In her youth, Mary earned herself a reputation for tactlessness, apparently at one point telling Henry Holiday, "All artists are fools!