KARR, JEAN BAPTISTE ALPHONSE (1808-1890)

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KARR, JEAN BAPTISTE ALPHONSE (1808-1890) , French critic and novelist, was born in Paris, on the 24th of November x8o8, and after being educated at the College Bourbon, became a teacher there. In 1832 he published a novel, Sous les tilleuls, characterized by an attractive originality and a delightful ' freshness of personal sentiment. A second novel, Une heure trop' lard, followed next year, and was succeeded by many other popular works. His Vendredi soir (1835) and Le Chemin le plus

court

(1836) continued the vein of autobiographical romance with which he had made his first success. Genevieve (1838) is one of his best stories, and his Voyage autour de mon jardin (1845) was deservedly popular. Others were Feu Bressier (1848), and Fort en theme (1853), which had some influence in stimulating educational reform. In 1839 Alphonse Karr, who was essentially a brilliant journalist, became editor of Le Figaro, to which he had been a constant contributor; and he also started a monthly

journal

JOURNAL
JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

, Les Grapes, of a keenly satirical tone, a publication which brought him the reputation of a somewhat

bitter

BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

wit. His epigrams were frequently quoted; e.g. " plus 9a

change

CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

, plus c'est la meme

chose

CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

," and, on the proposal to abolish

capital

CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

punishment

PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

, je veux bien que messieurs les assassins commencent." In 1848 he founded Le

Journal

JOURNAL
JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

. In 1855 he went to live at Nice, where he indulged his predilections for floriculture, and gave his name to more than one new variety. Indeed he practically founded the

trade

in cut

flowers

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

on the Riviera. He was also devoted to fishing, and in Les Soirees de Sainte-Adresse (1853) and Au bord de la mer (186o) he made use of his experiences. His reminiscences, Livre de bord, were published in 1879-1880. He died at St

Raphael

RAPHAEL (Hebrew smm, " God heals ")

(Var), on'the 29th of September 189o.

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