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  2. The Lion (Kessel novel) - Wikipedia

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    The plot of the story revolves around the friendship between Patricia and a lion called King, whom Patricia raised since he was a cub. Ouriounga, a teenage Maasai, who wishes to marry Patricia, decides to prove his worth by killing a lion to gain her respect, as is custom in his tribe. However the lion he chooses is King.

  3. La Fontaine's Fables - Wikipedia

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    The kite and the nightingale (Le milan et le rossignol, IX.17) The Lion and the Mouse (Le lion et le rat, II.11) The Lion Grown Old, (Le lion devenu vieux, III.14) The Lion in Love (Le lion amoureux, IV.1) The lion subdued by the man (Le lion abattu par l'homme, III.10) The man and the wooden idol (L'homme et l'idole de bois, IV.8)

  4. The Accursed Kings - Wikipedia

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    The Accursed Kings (French: Les Rois maudits [le ʁwa mo.di]) is a series of seven historical novels by French author Maurice Druon about the French monarchy in the 14th century. Published between 1955 and 1977, the series has been adapted as a miniseries twice for television in France.

  5. Yvain, the Knight of the Lion - Wikipedia

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    Yvain, the Knight of the Lion (French: Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion) is an Arthurian romance by French poet Chrétien de Troyes.It was written c. 1180 simultaneously with Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart, and includes several references to the narrative of that poem.

  6. Lionboy - Wikipedia

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    The Young Lion, the most adventurous of the lions and the closest friend to Charlie. The Oldest Lion, A humble leader of the band of circus lions, father of Elsina and the Young Lion. The Lionesses, who rarely speak, and are the most mysterious and deadly of the band of circus lions. One is yellowish, one is silvery and one bronze in colour.

  7. The Lion in Love (painting) - Wikipedia

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    It shows a scene of a lion allowing its claws to be pared after falling in love with a shepherdess so that he will not endanger her, told in Jean de La Fontaine's fable Le Lion amoureux , [2] though the painter adds an erotic undercurrent reminiscent of Delilah cutting Samson's hair as well as a Romantic spin on Beauty and the Beast by making ...

  8. The Lion Grown Old - Wikipedia

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    In that devoted to Le lion devenu vieux, the lion is stretched out at the base, gazing wide-eyed at the viewer while the bull charges, the horse turns its back as it prepares to kick, and the wolf leers at the scene from one side. The colouring is characterised over-all by ochres and browny reds, but toward the top the capering ass is painted ...

  9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Wikipedia

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    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a portal fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950. It is the first published and best known of seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia (1950–1956).