Erckmann-Chatrian

[ erk-man-sha-tree-ahn ]

noun

1. joint pen name of É·mile Erckmann [ey-, meel], 1822–99, and A·le·xan·dre Chatrian [a, -lek-, sahn, -d, r, uh], 1826–90, collaborating French novelists and dramatists.

Example Sentences

As we bowled along in pursuit the scene reminded me of descriptions in the novels of Sienkiewicz or Erckmann-Chatrian.

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Erckmann-Chatrian's books had been an introduction to the lovely region; and several of them were our companions there.

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But Erckmann-Chatrian took it from a much later story-teller.

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The fiction of Erckmann-Chatrian appears to have suggested various English stories.

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A clever critic remarked that Erckmann-Chatrian's characters are always hungry and eating.

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