biography
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Crébillon , Claude-Prosper Jolyot, sieur de (Lord of)
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known as Crébillon fils (‘son’)
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pronunciation:
[kraybeeyõ]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1707–77)
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| biography:
| Novelist, born in Paris, France. His tales and comedies provide a lighthearted, satirical view of the loose morals of 18th-c high society in France. Among his best-known novels are L'Ecumoire (1733), Les Egarements du coeur et de l'esprit (1736), Le Sopha, conte moral (1742), and La Nuit et le moment (1754). |
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