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Tag Archives: France
LM Montgomery on “Les Miserables” by Victor Hugo
“I never read it before. I can hardly explain why. I heard about it when I was very young. I knew it was one of those books everybody ought to read — one of the acknowledged masterpieces of the world. … Continue reading
More on Saint-Exupery
An aritcle in the WSJ about Saint-Exupery’s writing – which has kind of a hostile tone, in my estimation. Still – definitely worth a read. Definitely worth a read. Granted, I am biased, which is why the article may sound … Continue reading
St.-Exupery’s Plane Discovered
Wow. Antoine St.-Exupery’s plane disappeared on July 31, 1944 – and nobody knew what had happened – until now. He vanished off the face of the earth, leaving not a trace of himself behind. (They still don’t know why, exactly, … Continue reading
Disgusting
The sight of this turns my stomach. At least the Chirac government is finally acknowledging that it has an enormous problem on its hands. People are defacing war graves. Defacing the graves of those who came to bail your defeatist … Continue reading
Europe Reacts to Chirac
So Chirac thinks that all of Europe was “badly brought up”, because of the support for US policy. What the hell is he talking about? People all over Europe react to his comments in the piece linked to above. Quote … Continue reading
Quote of the Day: Fermat’s Enigma
The fame of Fermat’s Last Theorem comes solely from the sheer difficulty of proving it. An extra sparkle is added by the fact that the Prince of Amateurs said that he could prove this theorem that has since baffled generations … Continue reading