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History is a novel which did take place a novel is history that could take place.

Jules de Goncourt

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Jules de Goncourt
Age: 39 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 19
Died: 1870
Died: June 20
Diarist
Historian
Literary Critic
Novelist
Writer
Paris
France
Jules Huot De Goncourt
Jules Huot de Goncourt
Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt
History
Place
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Novel
Fiction

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