Brieux
Americannoun
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Compare Hauptmann and Brieux, the one a great artist, the other no more than a raucous journalist.
From A Book of Prefaces by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)
France has her Brieux and her Henry Bordeaux; Germany has her Mühlbach, her stars of the Gartenlaube; England contributes Caine, Corelli, Oppenheim and company.
From A Book of Prefaces by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)
The strange fact about Brieux is that he propounds his uncomfortable ideas with an incredible amount of dash and spirit.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various
Among modern authors there are Paul Bourget; André Couvreur, who in La Graine deals with the problem of human selection; Brieux, who in Les Avariés, attacks the social tragedies of venereal disease.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste
One of the plays was read by Brieux himself, at the special invitation of the pastor, from the pulpit of a church in Geneva.
From The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded by Shaw, Bernard
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