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Meanings of belles-lettres in English

Russian
беллетристика
Portuguese
belles-lettres
Spanish
ficcion literaria
Catalan
belles lletres

Type of written work in which fictive stories take place (not 'popular' for 'genre' fiction)

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беллетристика
Usage of belles-lettres in English
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With Lamartine and other cultivators of the belles-lettres she was likewise acquainted.
Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 1
2
The latter was also tutor in rhetoric and professor of belles-lettres and oratory.
The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut
3
The term belles-lettres does not fully express it, for it is too narrow.
The Relation of Literature to Life
4
You would enjoy a course of belles-lettres, and should take that.
Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science, Old Ser...
5
Again, there are documents which belong to the domain of belles-lettres pure and simple.
History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 12 (o...
6
His library would have satisfied the ambition of a student of history or belles-lettres.
A Walk from London to John O'Groat's / With Notes by the Way
7
For the fine arts, and especially for the belles-lettres, he entertained a profound contempt.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3
8
He never attempted the learned languages, nor manifested any inclination for rhetoric or belles-lettres.
Life of George Washington — Volume 01
9
There are more kinds of literature than classical belles-lettres, and perhaps more important kinds.
What the Schools Teach and Might Teach
10
They had, besides, an academy of belles-lettres, where genius was cultivated, refined, and encouraged.
Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 / The Work...
11
We must acknowledge our poverty with humility; belles-lettres have never achieved success upon our soil.
Old Fritz and the New Era
12
I can't write anything but belles-lettres, you possess the pen of a journalist as well.
Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends
13
You are reading belles-lettres now, so read Veresaev's stories.
Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends
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You are in belles-lettres and you would have been struck by the splendor of that scene.
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
15
Several other sailors were diligent readers, though their studies did not lie in the way of belles-lettres.
White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War
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When I am oppressed by the boredom of belles-lettres I am glad to turn to something else.
Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends