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Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly
1808Nov, 2

Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly

Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (d. 1889)
Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly (2 November 1808 – 23 April 1889) was a French novelist and short story writer. He specialised in mystery tales that explored hidden motivation and hinted at evil without being explicitly concerned with anything supernatural. He had a decisive influence on writers such as Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Henry James, Leon Bloy, and Marcel Proust.

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    The Portuguese royal family arrives in Brazil after fleeing the French army's invasion of Portugal two months earlier.
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