Sentence examples for french fable from inspiring English sources

Far from it: her favorite late-18th-century French fable described the benefits of living unobtrusively as a cricket, rather than glamorously as a butterfly.

Even the Westport Country Playhouse is to present a musical premiere, the 12th-century French fable "Nicolette and Aucassin" starting tomorrow.

"The Hedgehog" is an absolute treasure, a quirky, well-acted French fable about not being afraid to "let life in". After winning numerous audience awards at film festivals, this film has finally come to Orange County.

Also included was the text and an audio clip of a child reading "The Wolf and the Fox", a French fable allegedly written by 17th century French poet Jean La Fontaine, an allusion to "The Well and the Lighthouse", which is loosely based around the fable.

The result was couture that chanted a little too much its inspiration: the famous French fables of Fontaine.

Final items are memorials of A. Marshall Elliott and a copy of an article [n.d.] by George C. Keidel entitled "Old French Fables: The Interrupted Work of the Late Professor Elliott". Correspondence of A. Marshall Elliott is included in the Daniel Coit Gilman Papers Ms. 1 and the Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve Papers Ms. 5 in Special Collections.

For a while he threatens to lead the way into James Patterson country, since there is a storybook connection: reynard means fox, and that means the fox of a French medieval fable.

In this French variation of the fable of the prodigal son, Antoine reluctantly returns to his rural hometown after 10 years in the big city when his father (Daniel Duval) has a heart attack.

(Webster) 'MY BEST FRIEND' (PG-13, 95 minutes, in French) This sentimental comic fable about François, a middle-aged antiques dealer (Daniel Auteuil) in search of true friendship, is sustained by the director Patrice Leconte's eye for detail and his cast's discipline and intelligence.

(Scott) 'MY BEST FRIEND' (PG-13, 95 minutes, in French) This sentimental comic fable about François, a middle-aged antiques dealer (Daniel Auteuil) in search of true friendship, is sustained by the director Patrice Leconte's eye for detail and his cast's discipline and intelligence.

We see not only the effects of consumption but also, and most importantly for my fable of French cuisine, the care of preparation.