French author Jules Renard was born #OTD in 1864. He was a member of the Académie Goncourt, most famous for the works Poil de carotte (Carrot Top, 1894) and Les Histoires Naturelles (Nature Stories, 1896). Among his other works are Le Plaisir de rompre (The Pleasure of Breaking, 1898) and the posthumously published Huit Jours à la campagne (A Week in the Country, 1912). via Crooked Basilisk Books by Jules Renard at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1507 #books #literature