Romains
Americannoun
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Jules Louis Farigoule, 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
noun
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Jules (ʒyl). pseudonym of Louis Farigoule . 1885–1972, French poet, dramatist, and novelist. His works include the novel Men of Good Will (1932–46)
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He wrote to the author Jules Romains, “My inner crisis consists in that I am not able to identify myself with the me of passport, the self of exile.”
From The New Yorker • Feb. 6, 2017
Au cours des 12 derniers siècles, Paris est restée fidèle à cette devise en survivant aux sièges des Romains, des Vikings, des Prussiens, des Jacobins, du nazisme.
From Time • Nov. 22, 2015
Romains finds common ground in this polarized debate with an insight that remains perceptive.
From New York Times • May 11, 2010
It has found a French satire from 1923 by Jules Romains, about a doctor who convinces a community that everyone is sick for one reason or another.
From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2010
On ne vaincra jamais les Romains que dans Rome.
From Principles Of Political Economy by Lalor, John J. (John Joseph)
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