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Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr
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French critic, journalist, and novelist (1808-1890)

Also known as: Alphonse Karr, Альфонс Карр, ألفونس كار, アルフォンス・カー, 阿方斯·卡爾, Жан-Батист Альфонс Карр

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Known works

  • The flowers personified
  • Dictionnaire du pêcheur: traité complet de la pêche en eau douce et en eau salée: histoire .. (1855)
  • A Tour Round My Garden
  • Les Guêpes
  • Les cailloux blancs du petit Poucet