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French novelist and critic; defender of Dreyfus (1840-1902)

French novelist and critic; defender of Dreyfus (1840-1902)

A celebrated French novelist; born in Paris, April 2, 1840. He wrote: "Tales to Ninon" (1864); "Claude's Confession" (1865); "A Dead Woman's Vow" (1866); "My Hatreds" (1866); "My Salon" (1866); "The Mysteries of Marseilles" (1867); "Edouard Manet" (1867); "The-rese Raquin" (1867); "Madeleine Ferat" (1868); "The Fortune of the Rougons" (1871); "La Curee" (1872); "The Maw[Ventre] of Paris" (1873); "The Conquest of Plassans" (1874); "New Tales to Ninon" (1874); "The Sin of Abbe Mouret" (1875); "His Excellency Eugene Rougon" (1876); "L'Assommoir" (1877); "A Page of Love" (1878); "The French Republic and Literature" (1879); "Nana" (1880); "The Experimental Novel" (1880); "Literary Documents, Studies and Portraits" (1881); "Naturalism on the Stage" (1881); "Our Dramatic Authors" (1881); "The Realistic Novelists" (1881); "A Campaign" (1881); "Pot Bouille" (1882); "Good Luck to the Ladies" (1883); "The Joy of Living" (1884); "Germinal" (1885); "Work" ("L'CEuvre": 1886); "Earth" ("La Terre": 1887); "The Dream" ("Le Reve": 1888); "The Human Brute" ("La Bete Humaine": 1890); "Money" (1891); "The Downfall" ("La Debacle": 1892); "Doctor Pascal" (1893); "Lourdes" (1894); "Rome" (1895). Died in Paris, Sept. 29, 1902.