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How Sir Tristram kept his word

19th century (1912)

The Italian castrato opera singer (Francesco Bernardi

Found in the collection of the National Museum of Western Art

Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly, French novelist and short story writer Finish:Float frame How Sir Tristram kept hisJules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly, French novelist and short story writer, 1889. Barbey d'Aurevilly's (1808 1889) novels and stories, set in his native Cotentin, are notable portrayals of provincial life and tragic struggle. Perhaps best remembered is Les Diaboliques (1874), hallucinatory tales with a satanic motif. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1850 1900, 2nd album, Editions MD, Paris.