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Balzacian
Balzacian, a. and n. (bælˈzækɪən) [f. the name of the French novelist H. de Balzac (1799–1850) + -ian.] A. adj. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Balzac or his style.1874 Geo. Eliot Let. 16 June (1956) VI. 57 The Balzacian view of Paris. 1892 W. James Let. 11 Apr. (1920) I. 318 He is a real B...
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Maison de Balzac
chosen to preside over the jury which aims to reward “a work of contemporary fiction written not 'in the manner of Balzac' but in which we recognize the Balzacian
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Heat: No 22 best crime film of all time - The Guardian
Oct 17, 2010Sun 17 Oct 2010 06.34 EDT. M ichael Mann's masterpiece is a three-hour crime epic, a love/hate letter the city of Los Angeles, a scathing Balzacian view of a society corrupt from top to bottom ...
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porker
porker (ˈpɔəkə(r)) [f. pork1 + -er1 1.] 1. a. A young hog fattened for pork; also, any swine or pig raised for food.1657 Heylin Ecclesia Vind. 181 They sacrificed a swine or porker, with this solemn form. 1670 Capt. J. Smith Eng. Improv. Reviv'd 195 Beech-mast is very good feeding for Swine to make ...
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Z. Marcas
As Hunt explains, it is mostly remembered "as a vehicle for a characteristic Balzacian whimsy".
Politics and society
Z. Balzacian Montage: Configuring La Comédie humaine. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991. .
Pugh, Anthony R. Balzac's Recurring Characters.
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Christian Combaz
His novels show a typical French narrative touch that the critics called "balzacian", referring to his obsession with social recognition.
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storeholder
ˈstoreholder 1. = storekeeper 1.1869 Daily News 8 Sept., The charge of conspiracy against a storeholder and a foreman in the Woolwich Arsenal. b. The possessor of a store of something. ? nonce-use.1907 Saintsbury in Q. Rev. Jan. 144 That marvellous storeholder of Balzacian treasures, the Vicomte de ...
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Hjalmar Bergman
Much of his output takes place in a small town in mid-Sweden, which is growing into a parallel universe in a Balzacian manner.
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Cop au Vin
, and that it had "sex, violence, dark wit, a superb sense of both the corruption and meanness of life in the French provinces, a good whodunit plot, Balzacian
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tongue
▪ I. tongue, n. (tʌŋ) Forms: 1–6 tunge, (3 tunke, tonke), 3–6, 7 Sc. tonge, (4 tungge, tongge), 3–8 tounge, 4 Sc. towng, -e, 4–6 tung (also 8 Sc.), Sc. twng, 4–7 toung, tong, (5 tounghe), 5–7 toong, (6 toongue, 6–7 toungue), 5– tongue. [OE. and ME. tunge wk. f. = OFris. tunge, OS. tunga (MLG., LG. t...
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The Real Charlotte
The contrasting portrait of scheming Charlotte herself, a really bad woman, has a kind of Balzacian power."
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驴皮记
Balzacian Montage: Configuring La Comédie humaine. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991. .
Pritchett, V. S. Balzac. New York: Alfred A.
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Mira Trailović
Style and image
In her work, molded by her Balzacian talent, Trailović exhibited strong disposition towards the avant-garde repertoire, though she always
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Daniel Singer (journalist)
Gore Vidal described Singer as "one of the best, and certainly the sanest, interpreters of things European for American readers", with a "Balzacian eye
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Out 1
Several of the characters retreat in the end to Emilie's small seaside house in Normandy called "the Obade" (another Balzacian reference, see "Ferragus
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