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Paul (Auguste Marie) Adam

Novelist and essayist, born in Paris, France. Among his numerous novels are Chair Molle (1885) and La Force (1899). He was co-founder of Symboliste and other French literary periodicals.

Paul Adam (December 7, 1862 – January 2, 1920) was a French novelist.

Adam wrote a series of historical novels that dealt with the period of the Napoleonic Wars and their aftermath; Together with Jean Moréas, he co-wrote Les Demoiselles Goubert, which was a novel that marked the transition between Naturalism and Symbolism in French literature.

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