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A French dramatist and essayist; born at Paris, June 6, 1740; died there, April 25, 1814. He was a member of the Five Hundred; professor of history at the Central School, Paris; member of the National Institute. His dramatic works appeared in four volumes at Amsterdam, 1778-84. His most important writings were: "Picture of Paris" (12 vols., 1781-90), a description of Parisian life; "New Paris" (6 vols., 1800), a description of Parisian life during the Revolution. "My Night-Cap" (4 vols., 1784) was an attack on classicism. He was a very prolific writer, and made the first French translation of Schiller's "Maid of Orleans".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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