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- adjective Resembling a
fable orfairy tale
Etymologies
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Examples
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Would you describe the tone of the novel as "fablelike"?
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There's always been a market for this kind of fablelike, fanciful tale.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2009
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At the same time, the alien setting and fablelike narration offer limited opportunity for readers to remain connected with the characters. '
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If you can accept it on its fablelike terms, the wishfully rosy resolution will seem heavenly; more skeptical viewers may have an allergic reaction to the whole concept.
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Mock Jonathan Livingston Seagull if you wish, but consider that the fablelike feel-good best seller of our time is a business book: Who Moved My Cheese?
The Great Escape 2005
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Mock Jonathan Livingston Seagull if you wish, but consider that the fablelike feel-good best seller of our time is a business book: Who Moved My Cheese?
The Great Escape 2005
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The Finishing School, like several of her most recent books (Symposium, Aiding and Abetting) has a somewhat anorexic quality; Spark's austere principle "Never apologize, never explain" is embodied in storytelling of a fablelike simplicity and directness.
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The Finishing School, like several of her most recent books (Symposium, Aiding and Abetting) has a somewhat anorexic quality; Spark's austere principle "Never apologize, never explain" is embodied in storytelling of a fablelike simplicity and directness.
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A fablelike tale set in turn-of-the-century Vietnam offers intrigue, revenge, a treasure map, and undying love, in a sprawling confection from memoirist Nguyen (The Unwanted, 2000).
The Tapestries: Summary and book reviews of The Tapestries by Kien Nguyen. 2002
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The first is, initially, a fablelike tale about a puppet-maker and his creation: an animated wooden puppet fully equipped with frisky playfulness, emotional needs and, increasingly, resentment.
The Seattle Times 2011
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