Story and brilliant French article (5)
I believe the answer is:
fable
'story' is the definition.
(I know that fable is a type of story)
'brilliant french article' is the wordplay.
'brilliant' becomes 'fab' (short for fabulous).
'french article' becomes 'le' (definite article in French).
'fab'+'le'='FABLE'
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for fable that I've seen before include "Short moral story" , "Allegory" , "Myth, legend" , "there may be a moral to it" , "Old wives' tale" .)