René Goscinny

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

9 Obscure Literary Terms

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Periods of American Literature

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5 Good Books That Inspired Bad Deeds

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10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci

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Do Camels Store Water in Their Humps?

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10 Great Sports Rivalries

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Causes of the Great Depression

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10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time

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Born	August 4, 1926 • Paris • France
Died	November 5, 1977 (aged 51) • Paris • France

Louis-Alexandre Chatrian

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Jean Tharaud

French writer

Jérôme Tharaud

French writer

Edmond Goncourt

French author

Émile Erckmann

French author

Jules Goncourt

French author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Swiss-born French philosopher

Molière

French dramatist

Voltaire

French philosopher and author

Jean Racine

French dramatist

Gabriel Marcel

French philosopher and author

Michel de Montaigne

French writer and philosopher

Charles Baudelaire

French author

Victor Hugo

French writer

François Rabelais

French author

Montesquieu

French political philosopher

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Arthur Rimbaud

French poet

Blaise Pascal

French philosopher and scientist

Stendhal

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Honoré de Balzac

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