Anton Giulio Barrili (14 December 1836 in

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– 14 August 1908 in

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) was an Italian

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. He was educated for the legal profession, which he abandoned in

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for

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. He was a volunteer in the campaign of 1859 and served with Garibaldi in 1866 (

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) and 1867. From 1865 onwards he published a large number of books of fiction, which had wide popularity, his work being commonly compared with that of Victor Cherbuliez. Some of the best of the later ones are (1866), (1875), and (1877). His appeared in 1899. Barrili also wrote two plays and various volumes of criticism, including (1890). He was elected to the

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in 1876; and in 1889 became professor of

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at the

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