Barbey d'Aurevilly

Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly (November 2, 1808 –  April 23, 1889), was a French novelist and short story writer. He specialised in a kind of mysterious tale that examines hidden motivation and hinted evil bordering (but never crossing into) the supernatural. He had a decisive influence on writers such as Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Henry James and Proust.
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