VICTOR VICOMTE D' ARLINCOURT
\vˈɪktə vˈɪkɒmt dˈiː ˈɑːlɪnkˌɔːt], \vˈɪktə vˈɪkɒmt dˈiː ˈɑːlɪnkˌɔːt], \v_ˈɪ_k_t_ə v_ˈɪ_k_ɒ_m_t d_ˈiː__ ˈɑː_l_ɪ_n_k_ˌɔː_t]\
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A French poet and novelist (1789-1856). His chief poetical work is "Charlemagne, or the Caroleid" (1818), an epic; and of his novels the most successful was "Le Solitaire" (1821), which was translated into all European languages. Among several pamphlets, written in support of the Legitimist cause in 1848, one entitled "God Wills It" went through 64 editions.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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