PIERRETTE
After her grandfather and grandmother entered the
sort of hospital in which they sadly expected to end
their days, Pierrette, being young and proud, suffered
so terribly at living there on c...
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The French novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was the first writer to use fiction to convey the total social scene prevailing within one country at a particular period in its history. Common...
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Had Balzac been a less masterful novelist, the disreputably profligate fraud in him might have overwhelmed his artistry. Still, the other Balzac, the artist, is tainted by his well-earned reputation f...
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The United Nations asked Friday for $129 million to educate tens of thousands of Iraqi children who fled to neighboring countries to escape Iraq's violence.Syria and Jordan need money to expand ove...
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Pierrette
Honoré de Balzac
Honore de Balzac
U.N. spotlights Iraqi refugee kids
