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Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam

(1838–1889) Playwright

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Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam was a playwright.

Quick Facts About Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam

Born: November 7, 1838
Died: August 19, 1889
Profession: Playwright

About Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam

[Wikidata] French writer (1838–1889)... | [Wikipedia] Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste, comte de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam was a French symbolist writer. His family called him Mathias while his friends called him Villiers; he would also use the name Auguste when publishing some of his books.

Quotes by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam

“And in any case...there are no more supernatural noises nowadays...”

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“There are even some stars so remote that their light will reach the Earth only when Earth itself is a dead planet,…

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Astronomy

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“You're doubtless well aware that most of the great hypnotic patients wind up referring to themselves in the third person, like little…

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“The Android, as we've said, is only the first hours of Love, immobilized, the hour of the ideal made eternal prisoner”

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Android

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“Within this new work of art a creature from beyond the reach of Humanity has insinuated herself and now lurks there at…

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Art

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