Meung

Hugh de Meung, of the feasting and the drinking in which I took little part.

Chapter 11 2010

Here's how he opens the book: On the first Monday of the month of April, 1625, the market town of Meung, in which the author of The Romance of the Rose was born, appeared to be in as perfect a state of revolution as if the Huguenots had just made a second La Rochelle of it.

Archive 2006-12-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2006

Here's how he opens the book: On the first Monday of the month of April, 1625, the market town of Meung, in which the author of The Romance of the Rose was born, appeared to be in as perfect a state of revolution as if the Huguenots had just made a second La Rochelle of it.

One for all Matthew Guerrieri 2006

Unfortunately, the qualities of this horse were so well concealed under his strange-colored hide and his unaccountable gait, that at a time when everybody was a connoisseur in horseflesh, the appearance of the aforesaid pony at Meung — which place he had entered about a quarter of an hour before, by the gate of Beaugency — produced an unfavorable feeling, which extended to his rider.

One for all Matthew Guerrieri 2006

Unfortunately, the qualities of this horse were so well concealed under his strange-colored hide and his unaccountable gait, that at a time when everybody was a connoisseur in horseflesh, the appearance of the aforesaid pony at Meung — which place he had entered about a quarter of an hour before, by the gate of Beaugency — produced an unfavorable feeling, which extended to his rider.

Archive 2006-12-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2006

Meung: Troilus and Creseide, from Lollius of Urbino: The Cock and the Fox, from the Lais of Marie: The House of Fame, from the French or Italian: and poor Gower he uses as if he were only a brick-kiln or stone-quarry out of which to build his house.

Representative Men 2006

He had bought a car recently to go to his little house in Meung-sur-Loire on a Saturday evening or Sunday morning, but it was Madame Maigret who did all the driving.

Maigret and Monsieur Charles Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1972

“What would you say to spending the weekend at Meung-sur-Loire?”

Maigret and the Killer Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1969

They used it mainly on Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings, to get to Meung-sur-Loire, where they had their little cottage.

Maigret and the Killer Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1969

On Saturday night they had taken the train to Meung-sur-Loire, to the little house they had been preparing for several years, for the day when Maigret would be obliged to retire.

Maigret Bides His Time Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1965