Claretie, Jules
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1840-1913) French theatre director, drama critic and author, prolific as novelist and playwright; of sf interest is L'Obsession (Moi et l'Autre) (1908; trans Brian Stableford as Obsession 2013), whose protagonist's Identity is split in two, the divided personalities distinct along lines most vividly demarcated in Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) (see Doppelgangers). A Mad Scientist offers to cure him through his Invention of a mind-reading device (see psionics). [JC]
Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie
born Limoges, France: 3 December 1840
died Paris: 23 December 1913
works (highly selected)
- L'Obsession (Moi et l'Autre) (Paris: Lafitte, 1908) [binding unknown/]
- Obsession (Encino, California: Hollywood Comics/Black Coat Press, 2013) [trans by Brian Stableford of the above: pb/Chris Wallon]
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