Gervaise

He found the dinner detestable, he called Gervaise a blockhead, and declared that Jean would never be a man.

The Fortune of the Rougons ��mile Zola 1871

"And where you must not put out the lamp as you have done," added the other woman, who was called Gervaise, "or else we shall have a crow to pick with you."

The Wandering Jew — Complete Eug��ne Sue 1830

"And where you must not put out the lamp as you have done," added the other woman, who was called Gervaise, "or else we shall have a crow to pick with you."

The Wandering Jew — Volume 03 Eug��ne Sue 1830

"Gervaise," Bluewater then commenced, speaking low from weakness, but speaking distinctly from feeling, "I cannot die without asking your forgiveness.

The Two Admirals James Fenimore Cooper 1820

Gervaise Greene, a spokesman for Rio Tinto PLC, said the mining company had yet to make a decision on bringing boats back in to Dampier and Cape Lambert ports to resume loading.

Cyclone Weakens, Passes Australian Iron Ore Region Robb M. Stewart 2012

For instance, L'Assommoir The Drinking Den features a wash-house brawl between Gervaise and Virginie with some slapstick moments -- including what might be literature's most memorable spanking.

Dave Astor: Serious Novelists Are Sometimes Surprisingly Funny Dave Astor 2012

For instance, L'Assommoir The Drinking Den features a wash-house brawl between Gervaise and Virginie with some slapstick moments -- including what might be literature's most memorable spanking.

Dave Astor: Serious Novelists Are Sometimes Surprisingly Funny Dave Astor 2012

Poor Gervaise was not allowed to move up a class because she was always already damned by genetic weakness and stuck in the slums, her earlier mistake in running away with the feckless Lantier an act with excessive consequences.

Zola and Naturalism « Tales from the Reading Room 2010

She glared at him, the emotion hot in her throat as she thought of her life with Gervaise.

My Soul to Keep Sharie Kohler 2010

No one would ever expect that the wife of the late tycoon Gervaise Laurent lived within its molded brick walls.

My Soul to Keep Sharie Kohler 2010