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Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly

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Forreaders of 19th-century french literature, fans of gothic/decadent short stories, and those interested in dandyism and moralist criticism.
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Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808–1889) was a French author and critic known for his short stories, dandy persona and conservative, Catholic viewpoints.

Born 1808, died 1889. Best known for the 1874 collection Les Diaboliques (here listed as Le Diaboliche). Associated with dandyism, Catholic monarchism and a taste for the grotesque; active as a writer and critic in the 19th century.

A deeply appreciative reading of Les Diaboliques that links Barbey d'Aurevilly's taste for the grotesque and the dandy to a rooted conservative, monarchist sensibility. The reviewer praises his narrative skill and vivid prose while noting occasional excesses.

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