biography
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Sue, Eugène
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pseudonym of Marie Joseph Sue
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pronunciation:
[sü]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1804–57)
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| biography:
| Novelist, born in Paris, France. He served as a surgeon in Spain (1823) and at Navarino Bay (1827) and wrote a vast number of Byronic novels, idealizing the poor, such as Les Mystères de Paris (1843, The Mysteries of Paris), which was a major influence on Hugo. A republican deputy, he was driven into exile in 1851. |
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