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About Jules Renard

Jules Renard was a 19th-century French author. Pierre-Jules Renard was a French author and member of the Académie Goncourt, most famous for the works Poil de carotte and Les Histoires Naturelles. Among his other works are Le Plaisir de rompre and the posthumously published Huit Jours à la campagne. Read more on Wikipedia →

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“Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.”
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“It is when we are faced with death that we turn most bookish.”
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