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Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright (born 1668)

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Alain-René Lesage

French novelist

Alain-René Lesage was a French novelist and playwright. Lesage is best known for his comic novel The Devil upon Two Sticks, his comedy Turcaret (1709), and his picaresque novel Gil Blas (1715–1735).
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