Alain-René Lesage (1668 to 1747) was a French novelist and playwright, left an orphan at a young age. After translating Spanish plays and fiction in Paris, he became best known for the comic novel Le Diable boiteux (The Devil upon Two Sticks, 1707), the comedy Turcaret (1709), considered his theatrical masterpiece, and the picaresque novel Gil Blas de Santillane, issued in parts from 1715 to 1735. When the Théâtre Français turned him away he wrote for the comic opera of the Théâtre de la foire. His other books include Le Bachelier de Salamanque and a tale of a buccaneer in New France.
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Alain-René Lesage (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ ʁəne ləsaʒ]; 6 May 1668-17 November 1747; older spelling Le Sage) was a French novelist and playwright.
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was a French novelist and playwright
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was a French novelist and playwright.
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and his picaresque novel Gil Blas (1715-1735)
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his comedy Turcaret (1709)
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