belles-lettres

Example Sentences

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It's hard to pinpoint exactly what separates a mere commentator from a producer of belles-lettres, but you know it when you read it.

From Salon

“It gives voice to every possible articulation of crime and mystery in belles-lettres,” she said.

From New York Times

Dandies, it seems, are dandy; but belles-lettres is better.

From The New Yorker

History, belles-lettres, biography, science, all departments were here.

From Project Gutenberg

In philosophic essay and the higher forms of pure belles-lettres the proportion of writings is not so large as in the old literary centers.

From Project Gutenberg