witnessed by Marie’s great-grandfather. Prisons‚ mental institutions and peculiar visions of decay crop up repeatedly‚ while actual events are few. But during a strange‚ vaguely unpleasant holiday in Paris with Daniel‚ a chance encounter in a dilapidated chateau pushes Marie over an invisible line. Dark and peculiar‚ simultaneously sinister and playful‚ Aridjis’ modern gothic vision will charm those prepared to linger in her cabinet of curiosities. KIRKUS REVIEW KIRKUS REVIEW A self-effacing life devoted
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Duchess of Angoulême‚ Louise of Savoy‚ had been a considerable patron of writers and intellectuals herself (Richardson 2002). Another immense influence on Francis’s taste came from the court of Louis XII. Francis’ predecessor redecorated the royal château at Blois with Italian Renaissance style interior (Richardson 2002). In 1504‚ at the age of ten‚ the soon-to-be king directly requested pieces of art from Italian masters‚ according to Niccolò Alamanni‚ the envoy to the marquis of Mantua: “he (King
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Oval Portrait Author: Edgar Allan Poe The central idea of the story resides in the confusing relationship between art and life. The story happens in a chateau (French castle) in Apennines‚ a mountain range in central Italy. Poe tends to use a lot of Old-English‚ Middle-English‚ Old-French and French words in his story such as; chateau‚ valet‚ grandeur‚ antique‚ Arabesque‚ bizarre‚ niche‚ portrait‚ canvas‚ vignette‚ vague‚ Moresque‚ vehemently‚ subdued‚ appalled‚ austere‚ Art‚ turret‚ chamber
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French Architecture France is a country rich in architecture. You can spend all your days day walking through the streets of Paris‚ or any other region‚ visiting the museums‚ and taking pictures next to one of the many impressive monuments. France has many old monuments and some of them they are in well good condition like the Maison Carrée and the Pont du Gard near Nîmes. The Carolingian dynasty of Charlemagne was a period of innovative buildings‚ using the Romanesque architecture‚ which gave
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The Czech Republic boasts(se může pochlubit) some wonderful countryside crisscrossed with thousands of kilometres of marked hiking trails‚ an incredible number of historical sites‚ picturesque historical towns and world-famous spas where visitors come to be cured (lěčeni)‚ as well as to unwind(odpočinek). Visitors from around the world travel here for our culture‚ history and architecture. All of these places are easily accessible. Such a concentration of UNESCO sites cannot be found anywhere else
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1. Why did the mysterious gentleman and his valet break into the abandoned chateau? a) The valet brings the mysterious gentleman‚ who is also the narrator‚ into an abandoned chateau because the man is injured and he does not want the man to have to sleep outside. 2. What was unusual about the oval portrait? a) The oval portrait was so unusual because it had been hidden in the dark near the bedpost. The painting is of a young girl who looks like she is about to become a woman. The painting
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least one of the individual five I’s inside the captivating pages of the passage. One one page‚ inspiration becomes prevalent during Edmond’s escape from the island prison‚ Chateau d’If. On yet another page‚ individuality is shown when Abbé Faria tells his background story to Edmond whilst the were both held prisoner inside the Chateau d’If. Therefore‚ The Count of Monte Cristo is truly an inspiring novel‚ one which
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References: 1- Interview with Mr. Emile Majdelany Chateau Kefraya Sales Manager. 2- Interview with Purchasing Manager in Chateau Kefraya. 3- Business Monitor International Ltd – Lebanon Economic outlook for Q4 2005 4- www.chateaukefraya.com 5- www.ksara.com.lb 6- www.domaine-wardy.com 7- www.massaya.com 8- www.chateaumusar.com.lb 9- www
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Dear Neo-Nazis‚ White supremacists‚ and other hate groups‚ Why can’t you stop hating everyone that doesn’t look like you? You guys started a protest in Charlottesville because you didn’t want the statue of Robert E. Lee taken down. As a result of this protest‚ one person who was killed and much more were injured. For some people that statute only represents history but for you‚ it represents something much bigger. It represents a time when people were enslaved just because of their skin color.
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treatment of the lower classes by the rich. It is near a fountain that Monsieur the Marquis’s carriage runs over a child (Dickens 135). It is also near a fountain that Monsieur the Marquis stops in town (Dickens 140). Furthermore‚ when he arrives at his château and climbs up the steps the only sound that can be heard is “the falling of a fountain into its stone basin” (Dickens 145). Considering that fountains were common gathering places during the French
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