Alain-René Lesage (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ ʁəne ləsaʒ]; 6 May 1668 – 17 November 1747; older spelling Le Sage) was a French novelist and playwright...

Lesage, LeSage, or Le Sage may refer to: Lesage (surname), including a list of people with the name Lesage, LeSage or Le Sage Alain-René Lesage (1668-1747)...

Two Sticks; lit. 'The Lame Devil') is a novel by the French writer Alain-René Lesage. It is set in Madrid, and tells the story of the demon king Asmodeus...

Santillane [listwaʁ də ʒil blɑ də sɑ̃tijan]) is a picaresque novel by Alain-René Lesage published between 1715 and 1735. It was highly popular, and was translated...

Devil" or "The Crippled Devil"), a fantastic novel which suggested to Alain-René Lesage the idea for Le Diable boiteux (1707). The plot presents a rascal...

Poisons Alain-René Lesage or Le Sage (1668–1747), French novelist and playwright Augustin Lesage (1876-1954), French Art Brut painter Ben LeSage (born 1995)...

French jockey Alain-René Lesage (1668–1747), French novelist and playwright Alain Lestié (born 1944), French painter and writer Alain A. Lewis (born...

Father Antonio Francesco Bellati, and the famous picaresque novel by Alain René Lesage, Gil Blas de Santillana, in whose prologue he accused the French author...

Comes Back From the War Ödön von Horváth Richard Brunel 2002 Turcaret Alain-René Lesage Gérard Desarthe Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon Eugène Labiche Laurent...

François Pétis de la Croix, probably with unacknowledged help from Alain-René Lesage. Though the stories were for the most part adapted very freely from...

politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653) 1747 – Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright (b. 1668) 1768 – Thomas Pelham-Holles...

miseries and mischiefs of their inhabitants. The French novelist Alain-René Lesage adapted the Spanish source in his 1707 novel le Diable boiteux, where...

Arlequin roi de Serendib is a three-act farce by Alain-René Lesage. It was first performed at the Foire Saint-Germain in 1713. After being marooned on...

Nostradamus (English: The Tomb of Nostradamus) is a one-act farce by Alain-René Lesage. It was first performed at the Foire de Saint Laurent in 1714. Le...

choisies, mises en vers Georg Stiernhielm – Musæ Suethizantes May 8 – Alain-René Lesage, French novelist and playwright (died 1747) September – Joseph Bingham...

Hart – Urim v'tumim (the first book printed in Hebrew in London) Alain-René Lesage – Le Diable boiteux (The Devil upon Two Sticks) Edward Lhuyd – Archaeologia...

Arlequin Mahomet (English: Arlequin Mohammed) is a one act farce by Alain-René Lesage. It was first performed at the Foire de Saint Laurent in 1714. Arlequin...

of unfinished novel) Moses Mendes – Henry and Blanche (trans. of Alain-René Lesage) Glocester Ridley – Jovi Eleutherio Thomas Scott – England's Danger...

Romana, or The Roman Antiquities of Britain William King – The Toast Alain-René Lesage – Les avantures de monsieur Robert Chevalier, dit de Beauchêne, capitaine...

Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (French: [alɛ̃ dəlɔ̃]; 8 November 1935 – 18 August 2024) was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, and singer...

one of them does Pandora figure as a character. The 1721 play by Alain René Lesage appeared as part of the longer La Fausse Foire. It was a one-act prose...

maître (English: Crispin, his master's rival) is a farce in one act by Alain-René Lesage first produced in 1707. Its plot concerns the effort of a valet who...

is a comedy by Alain-René Lesage, first produced on 14 February 1709 at the Comédie-Française in Paris. It is considered one of Lesage's most important...

builds the first reflecting telescope (Newton's reflector). May 8 – Alain-René Lesage, French writer (d. 1747) June 23 – Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher...

Richard Steele; The New Atalantis by Delarivier Manley; Turcaret by Alain-René Lesage 1710 in literature – Colley Cibber becomes manager of Drury Lane;...

for "the limping devil", after the nickname given to Asmodeus by Alain-René Lesage in his 1707 novel of the same name). Although he often wore specially-made...

1657 – Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle 1667 – Jonathan Swift 1668 – Alain-René Lesage 1675 – Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon 1681 – Robert Keith 1685...

of Lucius in The Golden Ass by Apuleius, Gil Blas in Gil Blas by Alain-René Lesage, and Tom Jones in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding...

Nicolas Fouquet, Superintendent of Finances under King Louis XIV Alain-René Lesage, author of Gil Blas Alumni of the Paris Law Faculty: French Enlightment...

ornate letters in Alain-René Lesage's Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane published in January 1835. The main illustrator of Lesage's work was Jean Gigoux...