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29 january 1910 grasse , france nyon , switzerland 210px 31 march 1857 edouard rod 7.jpg Édouard rod

Édouard rod

Édouard rod -lrb- march 31 , 1857 -- january 29 , 1910 -rrb- , a french-swiss novelist .
he was born at nyon , in switzerland , studied at lausanne , where he wrote his doctoral thesis about the oedipus legend -lrb- `` le développement de la légende d'Œdipe dans l'histoire de la littérature '' -rrb- , and berlin , and in 1878 found his way to paris .
in 1881 he dedicated his novel , `` palmyre veulard '' , to zola , of whom he was at this period of his career a faithful disciple .
a series of novels of similar tendency followed .
in 1884 he became editor of the revue contemporaine , and in 1887 succeeded marc monnier as professor of comparative literature at geneva , where he remained until 1893 .
`` la course de la mort '' -lrb- 1888 -rrb- marks a turning-point in his career : in it he forsook the so-called naturalistic novel for the analysis of moral motives .
he is at his best in presenting cases of conscience , the struggle between passion and duty , and the virtues of renunciation .
`` le sens de la vie '' -lrb- 1889 -rrb- , one of his most famous books , is in the nature of a complement to `` la course de la mort '' .
it was followed by `` les trois cœurs '' -lrb- 1890 -rrb- , `` le sacrifice '' -lrb- 1892 -rrb- , `` la vie privée de michel teissier '' -lrb- 1893 -rrb- , translated as `` the private life of an eminent politician '' -lrb- 1893 -rrb- ; `` la seconde vie de michel teissier '' -lrb- 1894 -rrb- , `` le silence '' -lrb- 1894 -rrb- , `` les roches blanches '' -lrb- 1895 -rrb- , `` le dernier refuge '' -lrb- 1896 -rrb- , `` le ménage du pasteur naudi '' -lrb- 1898 -rrb- , a study of protestant france ; `` l'eau courante '' -lrb- 1902 -rrb- , `` l'inutile effort '' -lrb- 1903 -rrb- , `` un vainqueur '' -lrb- 1904 -rrb- , `` l'indocile '' -lrb- 1905 -rrb- , and `` l'incendie '' -lrb- 1906 -rrb- .
m. rod 's books of literary criticism include `` les idées morales du temps présent '' -lrb- 1897 -rrb- , an admirable `` essai sur goethe '' -lrb- 1898 -rrb- , `` stendhal '' -lrb- 1892 -rrb- , and some columns of collected essays .
he published `` l'affaire j.-j .
rousseau '' in 1906 , and in the same year he drew from an episode in the life of the philosopher a play in three acts , `` le réformateur '' , which was produced at the nouveau-théâtre in paris .
he died in the southeastern french town of grasse in january 1910 .
