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E. Edouard Tavernier
A little-known French writer from the first half of the 20th century, now mainly remembered through a handful of public-domain works. His surviving fiction has a quiet, old-fashioned charm, with stories that range from somber social scenes to unusual, darkly playful premises.
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Histoires grises
by E. Edouard Tavernier
About the author
Very little biographical information about this author is easy to confirm today. Reliable library and book sources available online identify E. Edouard Tavernier as a French writer whose work belongs to the first half of the 20th century, but they do not provide many personal details.
He is best known now for Histoires grises, preserved by Project Gutenberg, and for the strikingly titled Vieille histoire d'un chien athée qui se convertit et cueillit la palme du martyre, published by Boivin in 1937. Those titles suggest a writer drawn both to subdued, reflective storytelling and to more eccentric or satirical ideas.
Because so little has survived in widely accessible sources, Tavernier remains a somewhat shadowy figure. That mystery is part of his appeal: he represents the many once-published authors whose books outlived the details of their lives.