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Roue is a synonym for rake (character). Roue or La Roue may also refer to: *''La Roue'', a 1923 film by Abel Gance *La Roue (Brussels), a district **La Roue/Het Rad metro station, in Brussels *Rõue, a village in Estonia *William James Roué (1879–1970), a naval architect famous for his design of the ''Bluenose'' fishing schooner {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rake (character)
In a historical context, a rake (short for rakehell, analogous to " hellraiser") was a man who was habituated to immoral conduct, particularly womanizing. Often, a rake was also prodigal, wasting his (usually inherited) fortune on gambling, wine, women, and song, and incurring lavish debts in the process. Cad is a closely related term. Comparable terms are " libertine" and "debauché". The Restoration rake was a carefree, witty, sexually irresistible aristocrat whose heyday was during the English Restoration period (1660–1688) at the court of King Charles II. They were typified by the " Merry Gang" of courtiers, who included as prominent members John Wilmot, George Villiers, and Charles Sackville, who combined riotous living with intellectual pursuits and patronage of the arts. At this time the rake featured as a stock character in Restoration comedy. After the reign of Charles II, and especially after the Glorious Revolution of 1688, the cultural perception of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Roue
''La Roue'' (, 'The Wheel') is a French silent film, directed by Abel Gance, who also directed '' Napoléon'' and ''J'accuse''. It was released in 1923. The film used then-revolutionary lighting techniques, and rapid scene changes and cuts. Plot Railroad engineer Sisif (Severin-Mars) rescues a small orphan, whose name he learns is Norma ( Ivy Close), following a disastrous crash. He raises the little girl as his own, along with his son Elie (Gabriel de Gravone), whose mother died during his birth. In time, Norma becomes a lively and playful young woman. Her greatest joy is time spent with Elie, by now a handsome violin maker, whom she believes to be her natural brother. But Sisif, to his own horror, finds himself falling in love with his adopted daughter. Sisif confesses to a wealthy colleague, Hersan ( Pierre Magnier), Norma's origin and that he is attracted to her. Hersan threatens Sisif with blackmail if he does not consent to give Norma to him in marriage. Norma herse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Roue (Brussels)
(French language, French, ) or (Dutch language, Dutch, ), meaning "The Wheel", is a district of Anderlecht, a List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, municipality of Brussels, Belgium. Located in the south of Anderlecht, it is one of this municipality's largest districts of and one of Brussels' main Garden city movement, garden cities. Mostly built in the 1920s, with its modest and picturesque houses, it offers a vision of an early 20th-century working-class neighbourhood. At its southern edge, it is also home to the Food and Chemical Industries Education and Research Center (/), as well as large department stores. The district is crossed by the last end of the / in Brussels, and is bounded to the east by the Brussels–Charleroi Canal and to the south by the Flanders, Flemish municipality of Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, in the Pajottenland. It is served by the Brussels Metro, metro stations Bizet metro station, Bizet, La Roue/Het Rad metro station, La Roue/Het Rad and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
