Émile
a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
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How to use Émile in a sentence
Germinal by Émile Zola My favorite reportorial 19th-century novel.
Pulitzer Winner Jennifer Egan’s PEN Festival Book Bag | Jennifer Egan | April 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTTranslated and adapted from Émile Durkheim, La division du travail social, pp. 24-209.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology | Robert E. ParkHe had the added merit of maintaining, after Beaumarchais and before Émile Augier, the dignity of high comedy.
He is M. Émile Bocardon, proprietor of the Hôtel de la Curatterie.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeAccused of inciting to pillage, Louise Michel and Émile Pouget were condemned to several years' imprisonment.
Violence and the Labor Movement | Robert Hunter
A fortnight after this conversation took place, Madame Émile de Girardin died.
Cultural definitions for Émile
[ (ay-meel) (1762) ]
A work on education by Jean Jacques Rousseau, describing how a fictional boy, Émile, should be brought up. The book had an enormous influence on education during the age of romanticism and afterward.
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