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Erckmann-Chatrian

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[erk-man-sha-tree-ahn] / ɛrk man ʃa triˈɑ̃ /

noun

  1. joint pen name of Émile Erckmann 1822–99, and Alexandre Chatrian 1826–90, collaborating French novelists and dramatists.


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"Written in that charming style of simplicity which has made the Erckmann-Chatrian works popular in every language in which they have been published."

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There is hardly anything else resembling it in literature, except the great cluster of English dramatists in the beginning of the 17th century, and of English poets at the beginning of the 19th; and it is remarkable that the excellence of the first group was maintained by a fresh generation—Murger, About, Feuillet, Flaubert, Erckmann-Chatrian, Droz, Daudet, Cherbuliez and Gaboriau, forming a company of diadochi not far inferior to their predecessors, and being themselves not unworthily succeeded almost up to the present day.

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Erckmann-Chatrian give a clearer and more impressive notion in this book than could be obtained from entire volumes of parliamentary reports and whole files of newspapers.

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Erckmann-Chatrian this enthusiasm and devotion find a chronicle which is most realistically impressive.

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The finest of all these books beyond question is the 'Wings of Courage,' which ranks with the writings of Erckmann-Chatrian for finish, beauty, and naturalness.

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