My Fair Lady

BOOK REPORT - Have you heard about the latest gossip? About the Bennet family? -Of course, everybody is talking about it in the village! But I didn't hear how the story ends! -Really? Well you have missed the most interesting part of it my dear! But don't worry, I will recall you all the adventures of this charming girl, Elizabeth Bennet from Longbourn village. But I think we should start from the beginning. It all began when a wealthy young man, Mr. Bingley, moved from London to Netherfield

London, 1732," oddly dedicates it to Miss Wolstenholme [Footnote: I suppose the lady was a descendant of Sir John Wolstenholme, mentioned in one of the notes of Pepy's Diary, Sept. 5, 1662, as created a baronet, 1664, an intimate friend of Lord Clarendon's, and collector outward for the Port of London--ob. 1679.] in the following words:-- MADAM, Be so good to accept this little Present as an Instance of my high Esteem. Whoever has any Knowledge of the French Language, or any Taste for

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rain? When the hurlyburly’s done, When the battle’s lost and won. » Et toutes les trois s’exclament à la fin de la scène : « Fair is foul, and foul is fair : hover through the fog and filthy air », dans un passage où Shakespeare confond habilement climat et considerations éthiques. Macbeth leur fera d’ailleurs écho en disant, avec ses tout premiers mots : « So foul and fair a day I have not seen » (I.iii.38). L’équivoque initie, institue : on la retrouve au tout début de la pièce, elle marque la présence

promoteurs sont une sorte particulière d'intellectuels, souvent bien lus et bien informés, dont la fonction exclusive est d'organiser, diffuser, et modifier des objets culturels en vue de persuader les masses qu'Hamlet peut être aussi divertissant que My Fair Lady, et, pourquoi pas, tout aussi éducatif. Bien des grands auteurs du passé ont survécu à des siècles d'oubli et d’abandon, mais c'est encore une question pendante de savoir s ils seront capables de survivre à une version divertissante de ce qu'ils

disgusting. L 10: “fog and [filthy air” [very dirty, disgusting] 8. What does fog evoke? Something unclean, hazy, uncertain, undelineated = not clear-cut. 9. Pick out elements that seem unclear. L 4: “lost and won” L 9: “fair is foul and foul is fair” 10. Why are those sentences unclear? Because it seems strange that / we cant’ understand how a battle can be “lost and won” at the same time. L 9: it is puzzling because the two parts are contradictory and there’s no way to know

une garde robe constamment renouvelée la multiplication des loisirs au début des années 1970. Barbie imite également les stars et les personnalités réelles ou irréelles telles que Marylin Monroe, la princesse Sissi, Scarlett O'hara, My fair Lady, Star Trek, Madonna, Elle Woods, Cher… Barbie choque l’Amérique pudibonde mais elle représente un des grands piliers de l’émancipation de la femme tant par sa vie que par ses loisirs, elle a bousculé les codes sociaux et s’impose comme

Since [F]January, [Bb]February, [F]June or July. [D7]Snow time ain't no time to [G7]stay, outdoors and spoon; [C6]Shine [C7]on, [C6]shine on, [C7]harvest [F]moon, For [Bb]me and my [F]gal. [Dm]I can't see [A7]why a [Dm]boy should sigh, By his side is the girl he loves so [A7]true, [Dm]All he has to [A7]say is: "Won't you [Dm]be my bride, For [G7]I love [C7]you, I can't see why I'm telling you, When [F]I know that you can guess." [G7]Harvest moon will [C7]smile, [G7]Shine on all the [C7]while, [D7]If the

À partir des années 1960, passée la période de la MGM, Hollywood cesse d'enchaîner les sorties de films musicaux. Les grands succès, souvent adaptés de spectacles de Broadway, sont plus épars, mais non moins marquants : West Side Story (1961), My Fair Lady (1964), La Mélodie du bonheur (1965), Funny Girl (1968), Jesus Christ Superstar (1971), Cabaret (1972), Grease (1978), Que le spectacle commence (1979), Popeye (1980), Annie (1982), Chorus Line (1985), La petite boutique des horreurs (1986), Chicago

weal. 3. He hath need of fire, who now is come, numbed with cold to the knee; food and clothing the wanderer craves who has fared o'er the rimy fell. 4. He craves for water, who comes for refreshment, drying and friendly bidding, marks of good will, fair fame if 'tis won, and welcome once and again. 5. He hath need of his wits who wanders wide, aught simple will serve at home; but a gazing-stock is the fool who sits mid the wise, and nothing knows. 6. Let no man glory in the greatness of his mind,