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Marc Monnier (1827–1885)
Monnier, Marc (mo-nyā’). A French scholar and miscellaneous writer; born at Florence, Italy, Dec. 7, 1827; died at Geneva, April 18, 1885. He was professor of comparative literature at Geneva. Among his works were: ‘Is Italy the Land of the Dead?’ (1830), which made a sensation; ‘Permitted Loves’ (1861), a novel; ‘Figaro’s Ancestors’ (1868), an essay in dramatic history; ‘Plays for Marionettes’ (1871); ‘Geneva and its Poets’ (1874); ‘Popular Tales in Italy’ (1880); ‘History of Modern Literature’ (2 vols., 1884–85); and in verse ‘Lucioles’ (1863); ‘Poems’ (1872).