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Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne

(1734–1806)

Nicolas-Edme Rétif

Works:

• L’Anti-Justine; ou, Les Delices de l’amour (French)

• Contes de Restif de la Bretonne (French)

Restif de la Bretonne in Film:

La nuit de Varennes
1982
Director: Ettore Scola
Starring: Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni

 

Born October 23 1734 Sacy, near Auxerre (France)
Died February 3 1806 Paris (France)
Occupation Novelist Playwright
Occupation Translator Writer

Tags: 1734 1806 Auxerre communist erotica February 3 France French literature novelist October 23 Paris playwright printer pseudonym Restif de la Bretonne retifism science fiction shoe fetishism socialist Theatre translator writer

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