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René Doumic
1860–1937
A leading French literary critic of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he helped shape public taste through essays, reviews, and long service in the world of letters. He is especially associated with the Académie française and the influential Revue des Deux Mondes.
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George Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings
by René Doumic
About the author
Born in Paris in 1860, René Doumic became known as a French man of letters, critic, and journalist. After studying at the École Normale, he taught rhetoric at the Collège Stanislas and built a reputation as a sharp, independent literary voice.
He wrote for major French periodicals and became especially linked with the Revue des Deux Mondes, where his criticism reached a wide readership. His work ranged across literary history, essays, and criticism, and he was admired for bringing serious literature to a broad public.
Doumic was elected to the Académie française and later served as its permanent secretary, a sign of the respect he held in French cultural life. He died in Paris in 1937, leaving behind the image of a steady, influential guide to French literature.