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“Rose’s dinners are like the great belletristic salons of Paris,” he said.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2023

Professor Davison’s belletristic debut was as improbable as his academic baptism.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2022

She stands at a kind of belletristic Sinai, alongside all the other literary generations.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2016

Just as telling is the inclusion of harmless belletristic exercises from artists otherwise known for their pugilistic talents.

From The New Yorker • May 13, 2016

Just so Louise, whose father can scarcely find words to express his detestation of the young baron's infernal, belletristic poison.

From The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Thomas, Calvin