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Born	November 16, 1770 • Paris • France
Died	January 10, 1846 (aged 75) • Saint-Cloud • France
Notable Works	“Obermann” • “Résumé de l’histoire des traditions morales et religieuses”

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Jules Goncourt

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Edmond Goncourt

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Jean Tharaud

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Jérôme Tharaud

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Voltaire

French philosopher and author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Swiss-born French philosopher

Victor Hugo

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Stendhal

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Honoré de Balzac

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Denis Diderot

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Émile Zola

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Gustave Flaubert

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Marcel Proust

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Guy de Maupassant

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Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny

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André Gide

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Jean-Paul Sartre

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Germaine de Staël

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