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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ALAIN-FOURNIER

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PRONUNCIATION OF ALAIN-FOURNIER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALAIN-FOURNIER

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Alain-Fournier is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ALAIN-FOURNIER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Alain-Fournier

Alain-Fournier

Alain-Fournier was the pseudonym of Henri-Alban Fournier, a French author and soldier. He was the author of a single novel, Le Grand Meaulnes, which has been twice filmed and is considered a classic of French literature.

Definition of Alain-Fournier in the English dictionary

The definition of Alain-Fournier in the dictionary is real name Henri-Alban Fournier. 1886–1914, French novelist; author of Le Grand Meaulnes.

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Alamein
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Alan
Alanbrooke
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WORDS THAT END LIKE ALAIN-FOURNIER

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Fournier
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Grand Marnier
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Synonyms and antonyms of Alain-Fournier in the English dictionary of synonyms

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阿兰 - 富尼耶
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Alain - Fournier
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Alain-Fournier
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एलेन - Fournier
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آلان فورنييه -
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Ален - Фурнье
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Alain- Fournier
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সহায়তা-Fournier
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Alain - Fournier
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Alain-Fournier
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Alain- Fournier
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アラン·フルニエ
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알랭 - 푸르니에
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Alain-Fournier
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Alain - Fournier
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அலைன்-ஃபூரியர்
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अॅलेन-फोरनिअर
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Alain-Fournier
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Alain- Fournier
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Alain - Fournier
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Ален - Фурньє
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Alain Fournier -
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Alain - Fournier
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Alain - Fournier
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALAIN-FOURNIER»

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The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes)
Poised between youthful admiration and adult resignation, Alain-Fournier’s compelling narrator carries the reader through this evocative and unbearably poignant portrayal of desperate friendship and vanished adolescence.
Henri Alain-Fournier, 2007
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The End of Youth: The Life and Work of Alain-Fournier
The result is a compelling piece of literary detective-work and a human story sensitively and movingly told. Lavishly illustrated, this is a book which will appeal both to the serious scholar and the general reader.
Robert Gibson, 2005
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Alain-Fournier, a brief life (1886-1914)
Traces the life of the modern French novelist and shares the comments of Alain-Fournier as well as those of his friends and acquaintences
David Arkell, 1986
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French Twentieth Bibliography: Critical and Biographical ...
In L1719, p. 1-4. ALAIN-FOURNIER (pseud. of Henri Alban Fournier). See also K2870 to K2912, L693, L805, L1042, L1241, L1415, L10526. • 1.3010. Alain- Fournier: Le Grand Meaulnes. Dossier établi par Annie Brender. P.: Hachette, 1988.
Peter C. Hoy, 1991
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French XX Bibliography: A Bibliography for the Study of ...
ALAIN-FOURNIER. See also 1015. EE 1 866. q Adam, Frédéric: Alain-Fournier et ses compagnons d'arme: une archéologie de la grande guerre. Préface Antoine Rodriguez. Metz: Seprenoise, 2006. 219 p. [WC] EEI867. q Alain-Fournier: Le ...
William J. Thompson, 2008
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Diary of a Philosophy Student: 1926-27
Rivière to Fournier, June 4, 1906, in Rivière and Alain-Fournier, Correspondance 1:271. 241. Fournier to Rivière, August 15, 1906, Rivière and Alain-Fournier, Correspondance, 1:318. 242. Fournier to Rivière, August 22, 1906, in Rivière and  ...
Simone de Beauvoir, Barbara Klaw, Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir, 2006
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The Rise of the French Novel: Marivaux, Crèbillon Fils, ...
DELETTREZ, J-M., Alain-Fournier et Le Grand Meaulnes, Emile- Paul, 1954; 1964, 288 pp. GENUIST, P., Alain-Fournier face a I'angoisse (Collection 'Themes et Mythes', No. 9.), M.J. Minard Lettres Mo- dernes, 1965, 184 pp. GIBSON, R., The ...
Martin Turnell, 1978
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French Twentieth Bibliography
ALAIN-FOURNIER (pseud, of Henri-Altan Fournier). See also O3447 to O3472, P798, P926, P1407, P1417, P6775, P8205c, P8205g, P9129a. • P2389. Alain- Fournier: Lettres à sa famille et à quelques autres. Nouv. éd. P.: Fayard, [c1991].
Douglas W. Alden, 1994
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French XX Bibliography: Critical and Biographical References ...
Alain-Fournier; Jacques Rivière: Une amitié d'autrefois: lettres choisies. Choix, établissement du texte et avant-propos d'Alain-Fournier. Paris: Gallimard, 2003. Folio, 3919. 319 p. [WC] [J. Rivière] BB1511. • Lacarrière, Jacques: Alain- Fournier, ...
William H. Thompson, William J. Thompson, 2005
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French VII Bibliography: Bibliography of Critical and ...
[BM] ALAIN-FOURNIER (pseud. for Henri- Alban Fournier). See also 40250 to 40281, 45186, 45423, 45503, 45528, 45938, 46075, 46581, 47702. 47764. A. F. [ Fournier, Henri-Alban] : Jugendbildnis Alain- Fournier. Briefe. [Ausw. u. Übers ...
Modern Language Association of America. Bibliography Committee for French VII (Contemporary Literature), French Institute in the United States, 1949

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALAIN-FOURNIER»

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The great books that define the Great War
Munro, Henri Alain-Fournier, author of Les Grand Meaulnes (1913), who died almost immediately in 1914, poets Wilfred Owen and Francis ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
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The Times Diary (TMS): Sir Tom Stoppard, John Humphrys, West …
At the Althorp Literary Festival, the playwright extolled the virtues of his favourite book, Le Grand Meaulnes by Henri Alain-Fournier. He told the ... «The Times, Jun 15»
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TS Eliot: poet's pain revealed in Robert Crawford's Young Eliot
He met Matisse with Alain-Fournier, the author of that masterpiece Le Grand Meaulnes, and heard Henri Bergson, the “real magician” as ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
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'The Lights of Pointe-Noire', by Alain Mabanckou
... to read books in the town library in alphabetical order — Alain-Fournier, Anouilh, Apollinaire — so assumed that anyone with their head deep ... «Financial Times, May 15»
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From the archives: James Thurber on the perplexities of educating a …
→"The Wanderer" by Alain-Fournier. →"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. →"The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway. →"Invitation to ... «Chicago Tribune, Mar 15»
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AGNÈS B. with Phong Bui
The child in Alain-Fournier, Proust, Colette, Cocteau inhabits a realm imaginatively animated with a genius very like that of the artists. Children ... «Brooklyn Rail, Mar 15»
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Caroline Lucas: 'I'm not in politics to play about'
The author, Alain-Fournier, met this woman on a bridge in real life, and her mother was the kind of person who knew which bridge it was and ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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Paris school headteacher stabbed by parent
The headteacher was left injured after being attacked by the knife-wielding parent at the Alain-Fournier elementary school in the 14th ... «The Local.fr, Feb 15»
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Young Eliot: From St Louis to the Waste Land by Robert Crawford …
Listening to Alain-Fournier and his friends, Eliot learned “not just how to improve his French but also how to raise his game”, writes Crawford, ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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10 Steamy Stories That Are Also Total Aphrodisiacs, Perfect To Get …
If the daring and devilish Alain-Fournier were writing today, the The Lost Estate might just have been titled “Missed Connections.” The Nicholas ... «Bustle, Feb 15»

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