Quote of the day
When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys along the way. We would set out together after school across the village green.
Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly
Born: November 2, 1808
Died: April 23, 1889 (aged 80)
Bio: Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly was a French novelist and short story writer. He specialised in mystery tales that explored hidden motivation and hinted at evil without being explicitly concerned with anything supernatural.
Known for:
- Les Diaboliques (1874)
- The Story Without a Name (1882)
- Dandyism
- The Bewitched (1852)







