Known to history as a marquis, this French author of licentious prose became a count on his father's death in 1767
- StudyStack [PAR] KNOWN TO HISTORY AS A MARQUIS, THIS FRENCH AUTHOR OF 
LICENTIOUS PROSE BECAME A COUNT ON HIS FATHER'S DEATH IN 1767, 
MARQUIS... [DOC] [TLE] Read A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury ... [PAR] Read THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY : CHAPTER III of A Short History of French 
... century to develop the others either died out (the adventure romance after 
Lesage's ... perhaps than any other French writer, appears, and so does his 
remarkable ....