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 | | The health and spirits of the elder M. Feuillet, however, having still further declined, he summoned his son to leave Paris and bury himself as his constant attendant in the melancholy chteau at Saint-L. This was to demand a great sacrifice, but Octave Feuillet cheerfully obeyed the summons. |
 | | Feuillet did not abandon the novel, and ill 1862 he achieved a great success with Sibylle. |
 | | There is little description in his novels, which sometimes seem to move on an almost bare and colorless stage, but, on the other hand, the analysis of motives, of emotions, and of the fine shades has rarely been carried further. |
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