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Title: Les Mémoires d'un jeune homme rangé [Memoirs of a Proper Young Man]
Author: Tristan Bernard
Year: 1899
Description: Tristan Bernard was a playwright, novelist, journalist, and lawyer who wrote for the théâtre de boulevard, a genre meant to entertain middle-class audiences on Sunday afternoons. He had a sharp eye for the ridiculous and keen tendency to deflate pompous characters. Although much admired for his quick-witted plays, this novel was greatly appreciated by his contemporaries. Early editions include illustrations by Hermann-Paul.
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Title: Annees d'Aventures
Author: Alfred Capus
Year: 1903
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Title: Les Maitres Humoristes no. 9
Author: René Georges Hermann-Paul
Year: 1907
Description: Le Rire Editor Felix Juven released compilations of his most prominent artists in book form. Number nine featured the work of Hermann-Paul.
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Title: Les Lais, le Testament et les Poées diverses
Author: François Villon (Illustrations by Hermann-Paul)
Year: 1922
Description: François Villon was a Fifteenth Century poet, thief and vagabond whose work remained in print for centuries. Hermann-Paul illustrated this 1922 edition for Léon Pichon
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Title: Mitsou, ou Comment l'esprit vient aux filles
Author: Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Year: 1926
Description: Originally published in 1919 as part of the "Maitres et jeunes d Aujourd hui" series. The book contains 16 illustrations by Hermann-Paul. The cover is from a portrait drawing of a nude woman by Dignimont.
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Title: Les Transatlantiques
Author: Abel Hermant
Year: 1927
Description: An American family vacations in France. Humor arises from their failure to understand the locals and vice versa. First published in 1897, it was adapted to for film in 1928. Illustrations based on the watercolors of Hermann-Paul. 316pp.
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Title: Le Calvaire
Author: Octave Mirbeau
Year: 1928
Description: Le Calvaire is an autobiographical novel in which Mirbeau chronicles a ruinous affair with a woman of dubious morals. Humiliated by his lover, the main character attempts to transform his suffering into an impulse for creativity. Originally published in 1886, Hermann-Paul illustrated this 1928 edition.
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Title: Le génie et les fumisteries du divin
Author: Henry de Montherlant
Year: 1929
Description: Title page by Hermann-Paul Montherlant died of an accute self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in 1972.
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