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"The Little French Lawyer" is a comedic play co-authored by John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont, believed to have been first performed in the early 17th century. Set in France, the play follows the misadventures of a cunning French lawyer named Cleremont, who is known for his crafty and manipulative ways. The plot revolves around Cleremont's efforts to outsmart and manipulate various characters for personal gain. He becomes embroiled in a complicated love triangle involving a wealthy heiress, Isabella, and her suitors. Using his wit and cunning, Cleremont orchestrates a series of humorous and farcical situations, leading to unexpected twists and turns. As the play unfolds, Cleremont's schemes are eventually exposed, and he finds himself outwitted by his own cleverness. However, true love prevails in the end, and the characters find happiness despite Cleremont's meddling.
Lorina Skene moves between two worlds, the everyday and the supernatural, and in both she is a killer, at large and beyond suspicion in Victorian London. She is protected by her privilege and her power. But who, or what, is pulling the strings? This is a Gothic nightmare, and a tale of controlling, obsessive love, with plenty of twists, turns and weird happenings along the bumpy ride through fog and gaslight. Expect to be disturbed, and expect a broken heart, when silence falls and realisation dawns.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop, an extraordinary novel about self-discovery and new beginnings. Marianne is stuck in a loveless, unhappy marriage. After forty-one years, she has reached her limit, and one evening in Paris she decides to take action. Following a dramatic moment on the banks of the Seine, Marianne leaves her life behind and sets out for the coast of Brittany, also known as “the end of the world.” Here she meets a cast of colorful and unforgettable locals who surprise her with their warm welcome, and the natural ease they all seem to have, taking pleasure in life’s small moments. And, as the parts of herself she had long forgotten return to her in this new world, Marianne learns it’s never too late to begin the search for what life should have been all along. With all the buoyant charm that made The Little Paris Bookshop a beloved bestseller, The Little French Bistro is a tale of second chances and a delightful embrace of the joys of life in France.
The Poplars housing development in suburban Paris is home to what one resident called the “Little-Middles” – a social group on the tenuous border between the working- and middle- classes. In the 1960s The Poplars was a site of upward social mobility, which fostered an egalitarian sense of community among residents. This feeling of collective flourishing was challenged when some residents moved away, selling their homes to a new generation of upwardly mobile neighbors from predominantly immigrant backgrounds. This volume explores the strained reception of these migrants, arguing that this is less a product of racism and xenophobia than of anxiety about social class and the loss of a sense of community that reigned before.
On the beautiful French coast lies the Café Belle Vie, a peaceful haven offering a warm welcome and delicious pains au chocolat - and where Natalie's quiet life is about to be turned upside down... When thirty-one-year-old Natalie Bright's boyfriend dumps her and immediately gets engaged to his ex-girlfriend, she escapes her heartbreak and moves to the charming village of Chamillon on the Île de Ré. She's determined to build a new life there: writing about farmer's markets for a local magazine, exploring the local vineyards on her bike, and taking advantage of the sunshine. And in the Café Belle Vie she finds a bustling community - including new best friend Charlie - and a near-constant ...
'The Little French Lawyer' by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher is a witty and entertaining play that begins its first act with a heated argument between two friends over the merits of dueling. Dinant insists that wearing a sword requires using it to defend one's honor, while Cleremont argues for the virtues of discretion and restraint—marking the beginning of this comedic yet poignant work.
"Jennifer Dupee's debut novel is a delight...a story about discovering your authentic self when things get hard, and the joys you can find when you live from your heart." —Louise Miller Is a lie of omission still a lie? Larisa Pearl didn't think so and it got her into a heap of trouble. When Larisa Pearl returns to her small seaside hometown in Massachusetts to manage her beloved great aunt's estate, she's a bit of an emotional mess. She's just lost her job and her boyfriend and she's struggling to cope with her mother's failing health. When she passes by the window of The Little French Bridal Shop, a beautiful ivory satin wedding gown catches her eye... Now, to the delight of everyone in ...
Have you ever experienced how love is strengthened in the most difficult situations in life? Have you ever felt that love is capable of overcoming any obstacle, of transcending even death? If the answer is yes, then I invite you to immerse yourself in the pages of this book of stories about love. Here you will find moving stories about how love is born, grows and is strengthened in the toughest tests in relationships, whether friendship or love. You will discover that love is capable of overcoming all barriers and that it does not distinguish between races or sexes, because it is only love. Get ready to feel, to get excited and to believe in the power of love. Welcome to the world of love!
An easy little dictionary to learn French vocabularyIf there was a method for you to learn French vocabulary quickly and efficiently, would you do it? Of course you would, who wouldn't like to learn faster!This is exactly what this book is about, an easy way to learn French vocabulary. French is already complicated in general and there is no need to make it any harder.With this little French dictionary, you will learn 2500 words by word families. But how does it work? Simply by learning one word, that word will lead you up to 11 words from the same family. To understand the meaning, there is a sentence for each word family. Also, everything is translated to English, and as you will see, you probably already know a lot of words without knowing it. This book is the perfect French vocabulary builder, an easy French book to take everywhere with you.Practice your pronunciation with the FREE Audio available on our website.
A woman has trouble sleeping, so she decides to search for the magic of fairy tales to nourish her mind with beautiful images that make her fall asleep again. On this tour, she discover the most important lessons of the great masters of the major initiation schools of all times: As above, so below, as within so without. This is the story of her encounter with all the secrets that has inside. We are beings of: light, love and sound, earth, water, air and fire. We are a tiny universe integrated and interacting with the great universe. In a world of duality where the opposite finds its contrary, she plunges into a new dimension where she is separated from the struggle of good against evil. She is carried away and flows to discover their inner wisdom and get conscious of all that it has. Stop looking outside because everything is within it, to be part of a wonderful, wise and infinite unity. Everything is alive, everything is energy. She is part of the whole. Each meeting gives her a lesson. She will take you on a fantastic journey where everything vibrates with life and resonates with the love that holds the universe together.