Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly

Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly (Known as "The Connétable des Lettres")

Dandy, Catholic Novelist, Literary Critic, Author of Les Diaboliques and Du Dandysme

Born Nov 02, 1808

Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte (Normandy), France

Passed Away Apr 23, 1889 Paris, France

Lifespan 80 years old

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"Dandyism is a form of romantic heroism in an age of vulgarity; it is the pleasure of surprising others and the proud satisfaction of never being surprised oneself."

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Flamboyant Norman monarchist dandy, critic, and novelist known as 'Le Connétable des Lettres', whose 1874 short-story masterpiece Les Diaboliques explored dark erotic passions, sin, and Catholic mysticism.

Biographical Record

A fierce, aristocratically eccentric figure who walked the boulevards of Paris in velvet waistcoats, flowing capes, and lace cuffs, Barbey d'Aurevilly published Du Dandysme et de George Brummell in 1845, codifying dandyism as a spiritual and aristocratic philosophy of defiance against bourgeois uniformity.

His supernatural Norman novels, including L'Ensorcelée (1852) and Un prêtre marié (1865), blended Catholic orthodoxy with pagan witchcraft and dark gothic passion. In 1874, his masterpiece Les Diaboliques provoked state confiscation for obscenity; as a critic, he was the first to recognize the genius of Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal.

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Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte Castle Churchyard
Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte (Manche), France

                         GPS: 49.3861, -1.5306                    

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