Tag: Le Bossu
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Le Bossu Quartre.
I’m sorry, it’s a full-blown obsession now. It’s a shame I can’t actually read or speak French, because there are boatloads of Paul Féval novels available in his native tongue. But there are no English editions available that I can find, just this: Brougham, John, 1810-1880. The duke’s daughter, or, The hunchback of Paris :…
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Le Bossu Trois.
“If you do not come to Lagardère, Lagardère will go to you!” Those are the words in the form of oath taken by Lagardère to Count de Gonzague, who plots a conspiracy against his friend, the brilliant Duke de Nevers, to capture the wealth of his rich cousin. It will take sixteen years for the…
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Le Bossu Deux.
For two nights now it’s been sitting in its envelope on top of our DVD player. But for one reason or another we still haven’t had the time to watch it. ! I guess after ten years I can stand the suspense another day. Tomorrow night for sure. I’ll make Vincent watch it if that’s…
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Le Bossu et Tim Mayo.
Labor Day weekend in 1998 I was in Montreal. As it happens, that’s also the weekend that they have a film festival every year, which I discovered accidentally walking down Elizabeth St. in the evening: a film was being shown against a building, just beginning, actually, and people were sitting all over. So I sat…
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