ALAIN RENE LE SAGE
\ɐlˈe͡ɪn ɹɪnˈɛ lə sˈe͡ɪd͡ʒ], \ɐlˈeɪn ɹɪnˈɛ lə sˈeɪdʒ], \ɐ_l_ˈeɪ_n ɹ_ɪ_n_ˈɛ l_ə_ s_ˈeɪ_dʒ]\
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A celebrated French novelist and dramatist; born at Sarzeau, near Vannes, May 8, 1668; died at Boulognesur-Mer, Nov. 17, 1747. He abandoned law for literature, with scant success till 1707, when the comedy "Crispin his Master's Rival" was received with high public favor; as was "Turcaret" the following year. The latter-a satire on the financiers, trading classes, and nobility-is one of the best comedies in French literature; every character is drawn with sharp individuality. His novels "The Devil on Two Sticks" (1707) and "Gil Blas" (1717), were suggested by Spanish originals; but he owes them nothing beyond suggestion. As author of "Gil Blas" he is the parent and pattern of Fielding and Smollett. Of his other romances in the same general vein may be mentioned "The Bachelor of Salamanca" and "The Life and Adventures of M. de Beauchene".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
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