Translated and adapted from
Jules Huret 's ' Enquete sur l'Evolution Litteraire ' by Robert Baldick , D.Phil.
Lecturer in French at Pembroke College. Oxford
In 1891 Jules Huret conducted, on behalf of the Echo de Paris, an enquiry into the state of contemporary French literature. His enquiry was published in the form of a series of interviews with the leading French writers of his time.
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