2-359-937 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly, French novelist and short story writer, 1889. Barbey d'Aurevilly's (1808-1889) novels and stories, set in his native Cotentin, are notable portrayals of provincial life and tragic struggle. Perhaps best remembered is Les Diaboliques (1874), hallucinatory tales with a satanic motif. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1850-1900, 2nd album, Editions MD, Paris.