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JORRIS KARL (üesmong'), a French novelist; born in Paris, France, Feb. 5, 1848. He studied law and entered the French civil service, but abandoned it for literature. At first a pronounced realist, he turned to idealism and even mysticism. He first attracted notice by the story "Pack on Back"; then followed "Martha," "The Vatard Sisters," "The Ménage," and others. The latest expression of his theories was in "Down There" (Là-Bas), and "On the Way" (1895). He died in 1907.