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Demi-monde is a French 19th-century term referring to women on the fringes of respectable society, and specifically to courtesans supported by wealthy lovers. [1] The term is French for "half-world", and derives from an 1855 play called Le Demi-Monde , by Alexandre Dumas fils , [ 2 ] dealing with the way that prostitution at that time ...
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott, originally published in two volumes, in 1868 and 1869. [1] [2] The story follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—and details their passage from childhood to womanhood.
What to know about the Bridgerton book series and its author, Julia Quinn. While the Netflix show includes many of the characters and plotlines of Quinn’s entire Bridgerton book series, it is ...
The Romantic movement in English literature of the early 19th century has its roots in 18th-century poetry, the Gothic novel and the novel of sensibility. [6] [7] This includes the pre-Romantic graveyard poets from the 1740s, whose works are characterized by gloomy meditations on mortality, "skulls and coffins, epitaphs and worms". [8]
Alya, who regularly tells Cinta her broken home problems, is the only one Cinta tells of her budding closeness with Rangga. The secret friendship causes changes in Cinta's behaviour, resulting in problems with Cinta's group of girlfriends. She starts to regularly lie to her friends to spend more time with Rangga.
CHRISTOPHER SMITH, a 25-year-old working in the education technology field, first learned the term “demiromantic” in college. Before that, he’d gotten into a few romantic relationships, but ...