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EDOUARD See also: born at Nyon, in See also: Switzerland, on the 31st of See also: March 1857
.
He studied at
See also: Lausanne and Berlin, and in 1878 found his way to See also: Paris
.
In 1881 he dedicated his novel, Palmyre Veulard, to Zola, of whom he was at this See also: period of his career a faithful See also: disciple
.
A series of novels of similar tendency followed
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In 1884 he became editor of the Revue contemporaine, and in 1887 succeeded Marc See also: Monnier as professor of See also: comparative literature at See also: Geneva, where he remained till 1893
.
La Course d la mort (1885) marks a turning-point in his career; in it he
forsook the so-called naturalistic novel for the analysis of moral motives
.
He is at his best in presenting cases of See also: conscience, the struggle between passion and duty, and the virtues of renunciation
.
Le See also: Sens de la See also: vie (1889), one of his most famous books, is in the nature of a complement to La Course d la mort
.
It was followed by See also: Les Trois cceurs (189o), La Sacrifice (1892), La Vie privee de Michel Teissier (1893), translated as The Private See also: Life of an Eminent Politician (1893); La Seconde Vie de Michel Teissier (1894), Le Silence (1894), Les Roches blanches (1895), Le Dernier See also: Refuge (1896), Le See also: Menage du See also: Pasteur Naudie (1898), a study of See also: Protestant See also: France; L'Eau courante (1902), L'Inutile Effort (1903), Un Vainqueur (1904), L'Indocile (1905), and L'Incendie (1906)
.
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See also: Rod's books of See also: literary See also: criticism include Les Idees morales du temps See also: present (1897), an admirable Essai sur Goethe (1898), Stendhal (1892), and some columns of collected essays
.
He published L'Affaire J
.
J . See also: Rousseau in 1906, and in the same
See also: year he See also: drew from an See also: episode in the life of the philosopher a See also: play in three acts, Le Reformateur, which was produced at the Nouveau Theatre
.
He died in See also: January 1910
.
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