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| 1862 |
| | | Victor Hugo publishes his novel Les Misérables, an immensely complex story about the adventures of ex-convict Jean Valjean | |
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| 1867 |
| | | French author Paul Verlaine wins a reputation with his first published collection, Poémes saturniens ('Saturnine Poems') | |
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| 1870 |
| | | 16-year-old Arthur Rimbaud sends some of his poems to Paul Verlaine, already an established poet | |
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| 1871 |
| | | French author Émile Zola publishes The Fortune of the Rougons, the first in a 20-novel series that he calls Les Rougon-Macquart | |
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| 1880 |
| | | Gustave Flaubert dies, with his novel Bouvard et Pécuchet incomplete | |
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| 1884 |
| | | Verlaine publishes Les Poètes maudits, short studies of various 'cursed poets' – including Rimbaud | |
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| 1894 |
| | | French-born artist and author George du Maurier publishes his novel Trilby | |
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| 1908 |
| | | Anatole France casts a satirical eye on human society in his novel L'Île des pingouins ("Penguin Island") | |
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| 1909 |
| | | André Gide publishes La Porte étroite ('Strait is the Gate') | |
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| 1913 |
| | | Alain-Fournier completes his semi-autobiographical novel Le Grand Meaulnes | |
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