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| La Calprenède, Gautier de Costes, sieur de |
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(g ty ´ d kôst syör d lä kälpr n d´) (KEY) , 1609?1663, French novelist and dramatist. His best-known works were Cassandre (10 vol., 1642) and Cléopâtre (12 vol., 1647), romances esteemed in their time for their austere morality and lofty sentiment. |
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