O'Rell, Max, 1848-1903
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Blouët, Léon Paul (1848-1903).
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Blouët, Léon Paul (1848-1903).
Blouët, Paul (1848-1903).
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O'Rell, Max, pseudonym 1848-1903
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Blouet, Paul
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Blouet, Léon Paul 1848-1903
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Blouet, Léon Paul 1848-1903
Blouet, Léon P. 1848-1903
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John Bull et son île, auteur de, 1848-1903
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John Bull et son île, auteur de, 1848-1903
Blouët, Paul, 1848-1903
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O'Rell, Maks.
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O'Rell, Max, Pseud. de Paul Blouet
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Author of John Bull and his island, 1848-1903
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John Bull et son île, auteur de, 1848-1903
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Blouet, Paul 1848-1903
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Blouet, Paul 1848-1903
オーレル, マクス
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John Bull and his island, Author of, 1848-1903
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John Bull and his island, Author of, 1848-1903
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Blouet, L. P. 1848-1903
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Blouet, L. P. 1848-1903
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Auteur de John Bull et son île, 1848-1903
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Blouët, Léon Paul, 1848-1903
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Blouët, Léon Paul
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Max O'Rell was the pseudonym of English writer and lecturer Paul Blouët. He was notorious for his examination of English social mores in such works as John Bull and his island.
American writer Paul Blouët known by pseudonym Max O'Rell.
French author and lecturer.
Max O'Rell, the pen name of Paul Blouët, was born in Brittany and served as a calvary officer in the Franco-Prussian War, where he was wounded at the siege of Paris. He went to England as a newspaper correspondent, and taught French at London's Saint Paul's School. He found enormous success with his first book, John Bull et son ile (John Bull and his island), a pointedly humorous look at English society and culture. Several other books in the series followed, and O'Rell followed up his success with popular lecture tours in England and America. He eventually retired to France, where he continued to write, serving as a special correspondent for the New York Journal.
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Paul Blouet (1848-1903) was a French humorist and writer best known by his pseudonym, Max O'Rell. Blouet studied piano at the Paris Conservatoire, was educated in Paris at the Ecole Polytechnique, and served as a cavalry officer in the Franco-Prussian War. In 1887 Blouet published John Bull et son ile, a work that parodied English characteristics and eccentricities. In 1887 and 1890 Blouet lectured in the United States, where his humorous speeches made him extremely popular. In 1902 he settled in the Champs-Élysées quarter of Paris as correspondent of the New York Journal and wrote in the French newspaper Le Figaro . Blouet died of stomach cancer on 24 May 1903.
Works Cited: Seccombe, T. and Matthew, C.G. (2004). Blouet, (Leon) Paul. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved July 24, 2006 from http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31933
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