Antoine Gustave Droz (June 9, 1832October 22, 1895), author, French

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and son of the

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(1807–1872), was born in Paris. He was educated as an artist, and began to exhibit his work in Paris at the ''Salon'' of 1857. A series of

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dealing gaily with the intimacies of family life, published in the magazine and issued in book form as ''Monsieur, Madame et Bébé'' (1866), won for the author an immediate and great success. The publication ''Entre Nous'' (1867) was similar, and was followed by some psychological novels: ''Le Cahier Bleu de Mlle Cibot'' (1868); ''Autour d'une Source'' (1869); ''Un Paquet de Lettres'' (1870); ''Babolain'' (1872); ''Les Étangs'' (1875); ''Une Femme Gênante'' (1875); and ''L'Enfant'' (1885). His ''Tristesses et Sourires'' (1884) is a delicate

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of the niceties of family intercourse and its difficulties. Droz's first book was translated into English with the title ''Papa, Mamma and Baby'' (1887). "Gustave Droz saw love within marriage as the key to human happiness..." "He urged women to follow their hearts and marry a man nearly their own age." Quoted in T. Zeldin, ''France 1848–1945'', vol. 1 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1973), p. 295.The two sentences preceding it and the quotation, including the reference to Zeldin (1973), are found in

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Gustave Dore wrote "Monsieur-Madame & Bebe, with illustrations by Edmond Morin, first published 1878 by Victor Havard, Paris.

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