Adoré Floupette is the collective

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of French authors Henri Beauclair and Gabriel Vicaire used for their 1885 literary spoof titled ''Les Déliquescences d'Adoré Floupette'', a collection of poems satirising French

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and the

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's translation was published by the

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. The Australian author David Brooks argued in his 2011 book, ''The Sons of Clovis'', that the Ern Malley hoax was modelled on this work."Ern, it turns out, has a French cousin"
by Don Anderson, ''

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'' (1–2 October 2011)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Floupette, Adore Literary forgeries Hoaxes in France 19th-century hoaxes 1885 in France 1885 books Collective pseudonyms French poets French male poets Writing duos