“Quand la politique est devenue une science des mots, tout est perdu.”
Jean Sbogar
French author and librarian Charles Nodier was born #OTD in 1780.
He introduced a younger generation of Romanticists to the conte fantastique, gothic literature & vampire tales. His dream related writings influenced the later works of Gérard de Nerval. He is often considered a precursor to authors such as Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas.
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