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Musset

[ my-sey ]

noun

  1. (Louis Charles) Al·fred de [lwee sh, a, r, l , a, l-, fred, d, uh], 1810–57, French poet, dramatist, and novelist.


Musset

/ mysɛ /

noun

  1. MussetAlfred de18101857MFrenchWRITING: poetTHEATRE: dramatist Alfred de (alfrɛd də). 1810–57, French romantic poet and dramatist: his works include the play Lorenzaccio (1834) and the lyrics Les Nuits (1835–37), tracing his love affair with George Sand


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It was small, and her mother, as Musset would say, seemed to have made it so in order to make it with care.

The evenings were devoted to reading, and they were particularly interested in the dramatic works of Alfred de Musset.

Musset called on George Sand soon after, called again and again, and before long was passionately in love with her.

Musset's mother, having been informed of her son's projected tour to Italy, begged him to give it up.

Balzac and De Musset and Stevenson suggest that they have had such adventures, but they never come to me.

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