JEANNE RACHEL DIEULAFOY
\d͡ʒˈiːn ɹˈe͡ɪt͡ʃə͡l dˈiːjʊlˌafɔ͡ɪ], \dʒˈiːn ɹˈeɪtʃəl dˈiːjʊlˌafɔɪ], \dʒ_ˈiː_n ɹ_ˈeɪ_tʃ_əl d_ˈiː_j_ʊ_l_ˌa_f_ɔɪ]\
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A French descriptive writer and novelist; born (Mayre) in Toulouse, June 29, 1851. Her narrative of travel in "Persia, Chaldaea, and Susa" (1886), and her fiction "Parysatis" (1890), "Brother Pelagus" (1894), are evidences of her talent.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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