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Alain-René Le Sage

Born

in Sarzeau, Brittany, France

May 06, 1668

Died

November 17, 1747

Genre

Drama, Fiction

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Gil Blas (1715-1735), major novel of French writer Alain René Lesage, influenced modern realistic fiction.

Alain-René Le Sage, a prolific satirical dramatist, authored the classic in making the picaresque form a European literary fashion.

A Jesuit college in Brittany well educated always quite poor and orphaned Le Sage, who studied law in Paris. Well in the literary salons, he chose a family life over a worldly one and married Marie-Elisabeth Huyard in 1694. He abandoned his legal clerkship to dedicate himself to literature and received a pension from the abbot of Lyonne, who also taught him Spanish and interested him in the Spanish theater.

Early plays of Le Sage, adaptations of Spanish models, included the highly successful adapted co ...more

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	The Adventures of Gil Blas 3.80 avg rating — 383 ratings — published 1715 — 536 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Diable boîteux 3.55 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 1707 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Turcaret 3.10 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1732 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Turcaret, précédé de Crispin Rival de Son Maitre 3.62 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1875 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asmodeus, or, The Devil Upon Two Sticks: Preceded by Dialogues, Serious and Comic between Two Chimneys of Madrid (1881) 3.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1707 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Turcaret précédé de Crispin rival de son maître (Classiques t. 18000) (French Edition) 3.36 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crispin rival de son maître. Comédie. (Éd.1707) 3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1707 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diabeł kulawy 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1707	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, Volume 1 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1715 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Devil On Two Sticks 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I am happy and content because I think I am.”
― Alain-René Lesage

tags: happiness

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“At the name of Doctor Sangrado, hurrying on his cloak and hat: 'For mercy’s sake,' cried the notary, 'let us set off with all possible speed; for this doctor dispatches business so fast, that our fraternity cannot keep pace with him. That fellow spoils half my jobs.”
― Alain-René Le Sage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane

tags: doctor-humor, living-wills

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“If love is a Spanish passion, revenge is the Spanish lunacy.”
― Alain-René Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas

tags: love, revenge, spanish

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