Jules Renard

Histoires naturelles

Collection of brief poetic sketches observing animals and nature with irony

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Jules Renard
Jules Renard

French author whose Poil de Carotte (Carrot Top) is a semi-autobiographical masterpiece of childhood unhappiness, and whose Journal is one of the most brilliant in French literature. His prose style is celebrated for its precision and wit.

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