Edmond Jaloux (19 June 1878,

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– 22 August 1949, Lutry) was a French novelist, essayist, and critic. His works tended to be set in

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or his native

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. He was interested in German Romanticism and English writers. In 1936 he joined the Académie française. He died in Switzerland in 1949.

Bibliography

* ''Une âme d'automne'' (1896) * ''L’Agonie de l'amour'' (1899) * ''Le Triomphe de la frivolité'' (1903) * ''Les Sangsues'' (1904) * ''Le Jeune Homme au masque'' (1905) * ''L’École des mariages'' (1906) * ''Le Démon de la vie'' (1908) * ''Le Reste est silence'' (

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, 1909) * ''L’Éventail de crêpe'' (1911) * ''Fumées dans la campagne'' (1918) * ''L’Incertaine'' (1918) * ''Les Amours perdues'' (1919) * ''Au-dessus de la ville'' (1920) * ''Vous qui faites l'endormie'' (1920) * ''La Fin d'un beau jour'' (1920) * ''L’Escalier d'or'' (1922) * ''Les Barricades mystérieuses'' (1922) * ''Les Profondeurs de la mer'' (1922) * ''L’Esprit des livres'', 7 volumes (1922)

References

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(United States: Encyclopedia Americana Corporation, 1969 edition), pg 669

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