Jean de La Fontaine collected fables from a wide variety of sources, both Western and Eastern, and adapted them into French free verse. They were issued...
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Cardinal Richelieu (redirect from Duc de Richelieu Armand Jean du Plessis)
Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu (French: [aʁmɑ̃ ʒɑ̃ dy plɛsi]; 9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French...
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Rebecca (novel) (redirect from Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier)
first wife—plot features also shared with the far older Jane Eyre. Nina Auerbach alleged in her book Daphne du Maurier, Haunted Heiress, that du Maurier...
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Louvre Palace (redirect from Palais du louvre)
Cabinet du Roi, later Escalier Percier et Fontaine) with a new façade on what became known as the Cour de la Reine (later Cour de l'Infante, Cour du Musée...
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original play was called Soir de carnaval. Queen Margot (play, 1847) De La Fontaine comparé comme fabuliste à Ésope et à Phèdre, 1832 Le Beau d'Angennes, 1843...
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Gemma Bovery (film) (category Films directed by Anne Fontaine)
Directed by Anne Fontaine, the film stars Gemma Arterton, Jason Flemyng, Mel Raido and Fabrice Luchini. The film premiered at the 2014 Festival du Film Francophone...
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noted rivalry well documented in the media, was Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine. De Havilland first came to prominence with Errol Flynn as a screen couple...
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Frenchman's Creek (novel) (category Novels by Daphne du Maurier)
he returns to his ship. The 1944 film Frenchman's Creek starring Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Córdova and Basil Rathbone (as Rockingham) is a fairly faithful...
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Père Lachaise Cemetery (redirect from Cimetière du Père Lachaise)
great fanfare, they organized the transfer of the remains of Jean de La Fontaine and Molière to the new resting place. Then, in another great spectacle...
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Theatre Rideau Rouge Squelette Reda Pieds II Steben Bateau Terre Brûlée Fontaines Coup d'état Slave Cage Fight for the Prisoner Battlefield Aftermath Washed...
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Trocadéro Palace (redirect from Palais du Trocadéro)
l'architecture et du patrimoine and Archives nationales, 2011, 140 p. (ISBN 978-2-86000-351-3). Palais de Chaillot Jardins du Trocadéro | Fontaine du Trocadéro...
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List of Genshin Impact characters (section Fontaine)
of Teyvat, which has seven nations: Mondstadt, Liyue, Inazuma, Sumeru, Fontaine, Natlan, and Snezhnaya. Each nation is ruled by one of seven Archons, or...
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Fontaine. The two architects worked within many of the empire's residences, creating spaces for the Empress to feel at home in. Percier and Fontaine had...
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Lion's share (category La Fontaine's Fables)
century; the French equivalent, le partage du lion, is recorded from the start of that century, following La Fontaine's version of the fable. The early Latin...
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(Idles) Best Rock Album Happiness Bastards – The Black Crowes Romance – Fontaines D.C. Saviors – Green Day Tangk – Idles Dark Matter – Pearl Jam Hackney...
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Amboise conspiracy (redirect from Amboise plot)
new young king, saw their chance to take power for themselves. However the plot was uncovered ahead of time, and the Guise were ready for them. As such hundreds...
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The Virgin Suicides (film) (section Plot)
most rebellious sister, forms a secret, short-lived romance with Trip Fontaine, the school heartthrob. In hopes of becoming closer to Lux, Trip comes...
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The Monkey and the Cat (category La Fontaine's Fables)
The Monkey and the Cat is best known as a fable adapted by Jean de La Fontaine under the title Le Singe et le Chat that appeared in the second collection...
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Rebecca (1940 film) (category Films based on works by Daphne du Maurier)
same name by Daphne du Maurier. The film stars Laurence Olivier as the brooding, aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter and Joan Fontaine as the young, never-named...
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and its famous casino as the setting, starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. To Catch a Thief (1954), an Alfred Hitchcock film with Monte Carlo and...
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No Dogs or Italians Allowed (section Plot)
as well as Diego Giuliani, Christophe Gatto, Laurent Pasquier, Bruno Fontaine, Angelo Rinna, Laura Devoti, Aude Carpintieri, Thierry Buenafuente, Carlo...
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Brazzi or If This Be My Heart with Valli and Robert Mitchum. With Joan Fontaine, Jourdan starred in the Max Ophüls film Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)...
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Trap (2024 film) (section Plot)
"Josh Hartnett on Playing a Serial Killer in Trap and the Legacy of Trip Fontaine in The Virgin Suicides". IndieWire. Archived from the original on July...
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Coco Before Chanel (category Films directed by Anne Fontaine)
Chanel) is a 2009 biographical drama film directed and co-written by Anne Fontaine. The film stars Audrey Tautou and details the early life of French fashion...
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Hitchcock with the use of humour. The film, starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine, concerns an unnamed naïve young woman who marries a widowed aristocrat...
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gives biblical and classical examples (exempla) of fortitude. Dit de la fontaine amoureuse aka Livre de Morpheus ("Story of the Amorous Fountain") (1361)...
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Order of the Solar Temple (redirect from Ordre du Temple Solaire)
The Order of the Solar Temple (French: Ordre du Temple solaire, OTS), or simply the Solar Temple, was a new religious movement and secret society, often...
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21:25 – Shooting at the rue Bichat. 21:32 – Shooting at the rue de la Fontaine-au-Roi. 21:36 – Shooting at the rue de Charonne. 21:40 – Suicide bombing...
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Paladins is a 1760 opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau. The plot is based on a verse tale by La Fontaine, Le petit chien qui secoue de l'argent et des pierreries...
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