Mirbeau
OCTAVE, a French novelist and dramatist; born at Trevières 1850. His first novel, "Jean Marcelin," was published in 1885. "Lettres de la Chaumière" (1886) brought his name into prominence. His other novels are "L'Abbé Jules" (1888); "Sébastien Roch" (1890); "Le Jardin des Supplices" (1899); "Memoires d'une Femme de Chambre" (1901). His other books are "Les Vi Vingt-et-un Jours d'un Neurasthénique" (1902) and "Dans l'Antichambre" (1905). For the stage he wrote "Les Mauvais Bergers" and "Les Affaires sont les Affaires." The latter was produced in New York as "Business is Business" in 1905. Died in 1917.