LEON HENRI BARRACAND
\lˈiːɒn hˈɛnɹi bˈaɹɐkˌand], \lˈiːɒn hˈɛnɹi bˈaɹɐkˌand], \l_ˈiː__ɒ_n h_ˈɛ_n_ɹ_i b_ˈa_ɹ_ɐ_k_ˌa_n_d]\
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A French poet and novelist; born at Romans, Drome, May 2, 1844. He gave up the law when a very young man in order to write verses; but he was not much known as a poet until "Dananiel" (1886) appeared, under the pseudonym of "Leon Grandet", followed by a sequel, "Doctor Gal" (1870). He had already, however, attracted attention by some fictions, and has steadily risen in importance as a novelist; - "Yolande" (1867); "Hilaire Gervais" (1885); "The Second Lieutenant's Manuscript" (1887); and "The Cousin" (1888), being perhaps best known. His "Lamartine and the Muse" (1883) was crowned by the French Academy.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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