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  2. The Necklace - Wikipedia

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    Mme Forestier is happy to help, and offers Mathilde many fine pieces to choose from. She selects a diamond necklace. At the ball, Mathilde enjoys dancing with influential men, and revels in the attention. However, upon returning home, Mathilde discovers that the necklace is missing. Panicked, she and her husband search extensively but ...

  3. La Quête de l'oiseau du temps - Wikipedia

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    Ostensibly the daughter of Bragon and Mara, she is actually an illusion given a semi-real existence by Mara in order to give Bragon an enticement for undertaking the quest for the Time Bird. She has been fitted with the personality traits of her father, making her extremely stubborn, yet smart, compassionate, and loyal to her friends.

  4. List of Les Misérables characters - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of characters in Les Misérables, an 1862 historical novel by Victor Hugo. The characters are listed in order by their first substantial appearance in the book. The characters are listed in order by their first substantial appearance in the book.

  5. List of Arthurian characters - Wikipedia

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    A comic character; one of the gatekeepers at Arthur's court, subservient to Glewlwyd Gafaelfawr. [3] Killed in the hunt for Twrch Trwyth. [4] Petitcrieu: Petitcreiu, Petitcru, Pticru Tristan, 12th century Tristan and Iseult: A magical dog of Tristan and Iseult: Percival† (Welsh: Peredur) Perceval, Parzifal Erec and Enide, c. 1170

  6. Moira Lister - Wikipedia

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    Mathilde Loisel "The Necklace" 1957 Sunday Night Theatre: Amelia Laurenson "Mayors' Nest" 1957 Sunday Night Theatre: Orinthia "The Apple Cart" 1960 Somerset Maugham Hour: Vesta Grange "Flotsam and Jetsam" 1960 Theatre Night: Nell Nash "The Gazebo" 1961 Danger Man: Vanessa Stewart "Find and Return" 1961 ITV Play of the Week: Louise Yeyder

  7. Pyrénée - Wikipedia

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    The French Pyrenees were home to two people that may have served as inspiration for the story. The Girl of Issaux, [1] lost in the snow at the age of 8 and captured at the age of 16 (circa 1719), and also La Folle des Pyrénées [2] (captured 1807 at the age of about 40) who was not feral but lived with the bears.

  8. Régis Loisel - Wikipedia

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    Régis Loisel (born 4 December 1951) is a French cartoonist, best known for the series La Quête de l'oiseau du temps, written by Serge Le Tendre. He worked with Walt Disney Studios on the animated films Atlantis and Mulan .

  9. Julien Sorel - Wikipedia

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    But Mathilde falls pregnant, and to avoid any dishonour, the marquess gives Julien a great sum of money, ennobles him as Julien Sorel de la Vernaye and makes him a lieutenant of the Hussards. But Julien abandons his new life when he attempts to murder Mme de Rênal in the church at Verrières, since she exposed Julien's immorality to the ...