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    Durtal (French pronunciation: [dyʁtal] ) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. It is around 32 km north-east of Angers the department...
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    concerns the novelist Durtal, who researches Satanism and the 15th-century child-murderer Gilles de Rais. It was followed by the Durtal trilogy, comprising...
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  • Durtal (9 April 1974 – 1996) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She was the best British-trained two-year-old filly...
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    appearance. It is the first of Huysmans's books to feature the character Durtal, a thinly disguised portrait of the author himself, who would go on to be...
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  • Jean Durtal, real name Marie-Charlotte Sandberg-Charpentier (16 February 1905 - 27 June 1999) was a 20th-century French poet, novelist, and woman of letters...
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    to feature the character Durtal, a thinly disguised portrait of the author. He had already featured the character of Durtal in Là-bas and En route, which...
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    Huysmans's books to feature the character Durtal, a thinly disguised portrait of the author himself. Durtal had already appeared in Là-bas, investigating...
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  • Saint-Sulpice) - Saint-Sulpice 948 Pymoor Observatory ENG Pymoor 949 Durtal Observatory - Durtal 950 Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (La Palma Observatory)...
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    cycle of four novels featuring the character Durtal, a thinly disguised portrait of the author himself. Durtal had already appeared in Là-bas, En route and...
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    Canadian amber, Campanian †Atriculicoides Remm 1976 Spanish amber, Albian Durtal amber, France, Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian, Taimyr amber...
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