la belle époque

From French la belle époque.

la belle époque

1. Alternative form of Belle Époque.
   • 1959 April 3, A[bbott] J[oseph] Liebling, “A Good Appetite”, in The New Yorker‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 April 2021:

     [Yves] Mirande promised me that he would be up and about soon, and would show me how men revelled in the heroic days of la belle époque, but I had a feeling that the bell was cracked.

   • 2000 June 11, Peter Brooks, “The 'Search' Continues”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 9 April 2009:

     But is [Marcel] Proust being read, for all this? Has our fascination with his life and with a glamorized version of la belle époque taken the place of reading his formidable work?

   • 2006 March 25, Dita Von Teese [pseudonym; Heather Renée Sweet], “A brief history of burlesque”, in The Independent‎^[3], London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 7 December 2008:

     Miss [Lydia] Thompson was a smart businesswoman, and surely helped break down America's prudish morals. However, my personal brand of burlesque owes more to the fabulous showgirls of la belle époque in Paris.

   • 2012 January 29, Philip French, “House of Tolerance – review”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[4], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 February 2014:

     This claustrophobic picture (aka L'Apollonide – Souvenirs de la maison close) is a frank, unexploitative account of life in a smart Parisian brothel in 1899 and 1900. It demonstrates that la belle époque was less belle for the girls than for their wealthy clients, though better than walking the streets or working in a sweatshop.

   • 2014 October 12, Liam Halligan, “How did France get it so wrong?”, in The Daily Telegraph‎^[5], London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 December 2015:

     “This isn’t how France should be,” he [Pascal Lamy] says. “During la belle époque [the late 19th and early 20th century], France achieved huge economic success and the state was barely involved, so allowing French creativity to bloom.” The end of la belle époque was marked by the start of the First World War.

   • 2018 February 2, Walter Nicklin, “In the Czech Republic, Habsburg family homes offer a haunting glimpse into history”, in The Washington Post‎^[6], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2 February 2018:

     And as good a place as any are the private houses of the Habsburgs, which now are open to the public. They embody what Henry James called “the palpable, imaginable, visitable past” — in this case, la belle époque as if frozen in amber.