Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam

Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste, comte de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (November 7, 1838 - August 19, 1889) was a French symbolist writer.

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November 7 - 1838 - August 19 - 1889 - French - Symbolist

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His works, in the romantic style, are often fantastic in plot and filled with mystery and horror. Important among them are the drama Axel (revision, 1890), the novel L'Ève future (1886), and the short-story collection, Contes cruels (1883, tr. Sardonic Tales, 1927).

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He believed the imagination has within it much more beauty than reality itself, existing at a level which nothing real could compare.

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