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Alfred Louis Charles de Musset : 

'After "Trilby" came the effect of "Peter Ibbetson". "It came to me", writes the poet of this book, "just when I needed an inner life". From "Peter Ibbetson" he learned of the existence of Villon and of de Musset. He read these poets but "the time was not ripe for either".'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: John Masefield      Print: Book

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