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  2. Fable III - Wikipedia

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    Fable III is a 2010 action role-playing video game developed by Lionhead Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows.The third game in the Fable series, the story focuses on the player character's struggle to overthrow the King of Albion, the player character's brother, by forming alliances and building support for a revolution.

  3. The Frogs and the Sun - Wikipedia

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    There the doves deplore the vulture's projected wedding as a threat to their continued existence, as in the fable of the frogs, but the political situation is widened to that of The Kite and the Doves. [10] Thereafter the subverted fable dropped from popularity until it was revived, in both France and Britain, during the 19th century.

  4. Marriage in the works of Jane Austen - Wikipedia

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    In Jane Austen's novels, the approach to marriage differs. For some heroines, marriage is seen as a reward after enduring trials, but for others, it may feel more like a compromise. [147] For example, Marianne's marriage to Colonel Brandon and Jane Bennet's marriage to Charles Bingley are sometimes viewed as sacrifices rather than true fulfillment.

  5. The Elm and the Vine - Wikipedia

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    A different fable appeared in prose in Robert Dodsley's Select Fables of Esop (1764). This, however, was an adaptation of the fable of The Gourd and the Palm-tree and appeared in the book's third section of 'modern fables'. [18] There the pert vine refused the elm's proposal and boasted of being able to rely on its own resources.

  6. Marriage of Inconvenience - Wikipedia

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    With his words of consolation, Ling is able to recover. Six months later, Ling agrees to marry Chuen. The marriage lasts happily for three years, husband and wife end up working in the marriage bureau in a home they adore. Just when Chuen thinks that he is the happiest husband in the world, Ling's ex-lover Ivan (Raymond Wong) returns. Several ...

  7. Marriage of convenience - Wikipedia

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    The story was modeled after Mann's own romance and marriage to Katia Mann in February 1905, which was to be blessed with six children, although it was not reasons of state or equality that motivated this marriage of convenience, but rather the author's homosexuality which made him want acceptance and starting a family (along with, incidentally ...

  8. Fable (2025 video game) - Wikipedia

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    Fable is an action role-playing game that is played in third-person perspective. [2] Players can engage in combat using a variety of options, including melee weapons for close-range attacks, bows for long-distance precision, and magic spells. [3]

  9. The Fuller and the Charcoal Burner - Wikipedia

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    The story is from an ancient Greek situational fable involving human characters which teaches that opposites are incompatible. [3] Cicero later seems to draw a political moral from the fable in one of his letters, in which he discusses the irreconcilability between republicans and supporters of Julius Caesar . [ 4 ]