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"On n’étale plus que des livres obscènes dont les titres et les estampes repoussent également la pudeur et le bon goût."--Le nouveau Paris (1798) by Louis-Sébastien Mercier |
Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740 - 1814) was a French dramatist and writer, best-known for his proto-science fiction novel L'An 2440, rêve s'il en fut jamais.
Early life and education
He was born in Paris to a humble family: his father was a skilled artisan who polished swords and metal arms. Mercier nevertheless received a decent education.
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Literary career
Mercier began his literary career by writing heroic epistles. He early came to the conclusion that Boileau and Racine had ruined the French language, and that the true poet was he who wrote in prose.
He wrote plays, pamphlets, and novels, and published prodigiously. Mercier often recycled passage