Victorien Sardou

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9 Obscure Literary Terms

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Pro and Con: School Uniforms

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8 Unusual Punishments Inflicted on Women Throughout History

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8 of the Largest Empires in History

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Born	September 5, 1831 • Paris • France
Died	November 8, 1908 (aged 77) • Paris • France
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Ludovic Halévy

French author

Jean Richepin

French author

Scribe, engraving by Charles-Jérémie Fuhr after a photograph by Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon)

Eugène Scribe

French dramatist

Georges Feydeau

French dramatist

Edmond Rostand

French dramatist

Voltaire

French philosopher and author

Jean Racine

French dramatist

Victor Hugo

French writer

Pierre Corneille

French poet and dramatist

Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832

Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny

French author

Eugène Ionesco

French dramatist

François Mauriac

French author

Pierre Marivaux

French author

Jules Romains

French author

Henry de Montherlant

French author

Julien Green

American writer

Gresset, oil painting by Louis Tocqué; in the Château de Versailles

Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset

French author

Eugène-Marin Labiche

French dramatist

Alfred de Musset

French author

Jean-François Ducis

French dramatist

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