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Post by whatagain on Jan 6, 2024 17:17:08 GMT
Thérèse desqueyroux. Aka Folcoche. Key character of the book Vipère au poing, largely autobiographical, that every student of my age had to read at school. Nice reading though.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 6, 2024 17:32:08 GMT
Squeezie - #1 YouTuber in France with 18.5 million followers
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 6, 2024 17:34:56 GMT
Queen Elizabeth II - now popped her clogs.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 6, 2024 18:29:15 GMT
Thérèse desqueyroux. Aka Folcoche. Key character of the book Vipère au poing, largely autobiographical, that every student of my age had to read at school. Nice reading though. This intrigued me & I looked up the book. At what age did students have to read the book? If mid-school, 13, 14, 15, that is pretty impressive, considering the themes covered in the book. |
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 6, 2024 21:39:37 GMT
The French internet tells me that it is suitable starting at age 9, but it is studied in "3ème" - 9th grade to Americans.
Martin Sheen - American actor who went through hell to find Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now
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Post by whatagain on Jan 6, 2024 21:51:11 GMT
The 3rd in France corresponds to the 3rd in Belgium !
France : primary school CP. Ce1 CE2CM1 CM2 then college 6-5-4-3-2-1 then baccalaureat.
Belgium : primary : 1-2-3-4-5-6. Secondary (lycee college or Athénée) 1-2-3-4-5_6.
I must have read it at 3rd. Or when I was 13 or 14.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 7, 2024 0:18:36 GMT
That sounds a far more horizon- and literature-exanding book assignment than anything I was offered at that age. Fortunately, I loved to read & was encouraged to, so got to go beyond the dreary offering of To Kill a Mockingbird, considered worthy for that 13--14 year old age group.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 7, 2024 18:18:13 GMT
Marion Montgomery - American jazz singer
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 7, 2024 18:30:55 GMT
Marianne Faithfull -- English singer & actress
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 7, 2024 20:47:10 GMT
Faith Hill - American country singer
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 7, 2024 21:07:54 GMT
Adam Faith - pop singer and actor late ‘50’s early ‘60’s. Anybody remember Budgie?
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 7, 2024 21:57:58 GMT
Senada Greca - celebrity fitness trainer from Albania
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 7, 2024 22:37:34 GMT
Juliette Gréco -- French singer and actress
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 8, 2024 3:19:19 GMT
Tammy Wynette - American country singer
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 8, 2024 5:43:34 GMT
Do you stand by that statement?
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Post by onlyMark on Jan 8, 2024 6:54:28 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 8, 2024 9:56:35 GMT
Sammy Davis Jnr - entertainer
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Post by mossie on Jan 8, 2024 10:39:20 GMT
Davina Mccall - TV personality
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 8, 2024 12:02:09 GMT
Angela Davis - famous American communist
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Post by whatagain on Jan 8, 2024 14:13:50 GMT
Michel Angelo. Famous painter.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 8, 2024 15:08:45 GMT
Angèle - Belgian pop star
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 8, 2024 16:47:28 GMT
Justin Langer - former cricket coach of Australia.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 8, 2024 20:48:14 GMT
Austin Powers - protagonist of a James Bond parody
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 9, 2024 3:16:36 GMT
Lloyd Austin -- United States Secretary of Defense
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 9, 2024 7:57:46 GMT
Honoré Daumier - 19th century French painter and printer who got in a certain amount of trouble for his political caricatures .jpg)
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 9, 2024 17:03:07 GMT
Honor Blackman - actress in The Avengers.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 9, 2024 21:02:27 GMT
Blanche Dubois - neurotic character in A Streetcar Named Desire
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Post by whatagain on Jan 9, 2024 21:12:19 GMT
Chance Vought. Founder of Vought industries (several companie. Buyouts etc). It’s best known plane was the F4U Corsair - the plane of Ba Ba Blacksheep squadron in the Pacific.
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Post by bjd on Jan 11, 2024 7:56:50 GMT
Hansel Gretel's brother in a creepy fairytale
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Post by whatagain on Jan 11, 2024 10:57:57 GMT
Hans Krebs. Last chief of staff of the German army in WW2.
He commited suicide on may 2 1945. Good riddance.
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