Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: In La Rotisserie de la Reine Pedauque ( 1893 ) Anatole France ridiculed belief in the occult ; and in Les Opinions de Jerome Coignard ( 1893 ) , France captured the atmosphere of the fin de siÃ cle .
Simplified: In 1893 he captured the atmosphere of the fin de siecle in Les Opinions de Jerome Coignard .