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		coliveira on May 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Writing books is not really a good idea But these authors were the 19th century version of Dan Brown. They made far less than a modern writer of similar success would make.

cafard on May 10, 2021 [–]

Balzac, Dumas, Gautier, and Sand? They turned out some hack work, no doubt, but also a fair bit that is still read.

coliveira on May 10, 2021 | [–]

I'm talking in terms of success. Of course any French writer of the 19th century is better than Dan Brown.

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