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Maurois

American  
[maw-rwa] / mɔˈrwa /

noun

  1. André Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog, 1885–1967, French biographer and novelist.


Maurois British  
/ mɔrwa /

noun

  1. André (ɑ̃dre), pen name of Émile Herzog. 1885–1967, French writer, best known for his biographies, such as those of Shelley, Byron, and Proust

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“The history of France, a permanent miracle, has the singular privilege of impassioning the peoples of the earth to the point where they all take part in French quarrels,” the French author André Maurois wrote.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 18, 2019

Fran�ois Mauriac, Andre Maurois, Jacques Jaujard, agreed on the twelve greatest non-French works of fiction, penned between 1850 and 1950.

From Time Magazine Archive

Author Maurois says decidedly not, says the rumors of his high living have been greatly exaggerated.

From Time Magazine Archive

Author Maurois gives it as his considered opinion that Edward VII was a gentleman, Wilhelm II a bounder.

From Time Magazine Archive

With an introd. by Andre Maurois & illus. by Lynd Ward.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1969 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

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