Petite

I must further observe, that the Gaiety of it may be still the more proper, as it is at the end of a French Play; since every one knows that Nation, who are generally esteem'd to have as polite a Taste as any in Europe, always close their Tragick Entertainments with what they call a Petite Piece, which is purposely design'd to raise Mirth, and send away the Audience well pleased.

The Spectator, Volume 2. Richard Steele 1700

If I may paraphrase Fannie Flagg, “Miss Petite is a lady … and a lady always knows when to leave.”

over and out? 2009

“Petite is trying to balance her life with rasing a kid, without staying alone by the time tadpole is about to live her own life.”

reprieve 2008

Sadly Petite is nowhere to be found in the Scottish edition of the Sunday Times!

Tomorrow’s fish and chips 2008

And of course Petite is entitled to complain away in her blog.

feedback 2008

Bretia Blog: You * are* missing something: the understanding that Petite is a real person, free to make decisions without the approval of her readers.

Tomorrow’s fish and chips 2008

Petite is trying to balance her life with rasing a kid, without staying alone by the time tadpole is about to live her own life.

reprieve 2008

Petite is no more obliged to let people say whatever they want to say here than she would be to let them write on the wall of her house.

houseproud 2008

As I mentioned, I think Petite is a very talented writer and I might have bought the book 10 years ago when I was still reading the books written by expats living in France.

away 2008

In future years, blog-to-book might become quite a well-trodden path, but Petite is one of the trailblazers.

shameless self-promotion 2008