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heroic tale

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Noun1.heroic taleheroic tale - a story of an adventure              
adventure story
story - a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines"
thriller - a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie
saga - a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account


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The standard Lassie myth is a heroic tale of a collie -- with hair a starlet aspires to -- exhibiting great bravery as she helps to rescue her human pal Timmy from a well or some other peril.
LATEST `LASSIE' IS STILL TOP DOG by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
An heroic tale of total commitment to the French Resistance, An American Heroine In The French Resistance is very highly recommended reading as the articulate memoir of a strong woman who laid her life on the line in the defence of her country under German occupation, and an invaluable contribution to the growing library of World War II memoirs and autobiographies by a generation now passing from among us into history and legend.
An American Heroine in the French Resistance by Internet Bookwatch
With her research serving as the backbone for this heroic tale, the intricate details of her studies are prominently displayed throughout the novel and add credence in establishing the characters as believable and their circumstances as real life scenarios to the reader.
How I Got by: a Family Saga by Yazeed, Carey / Reviewer's Bookwatch
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