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...left the theatre in a condition bordering on nervous breakdown. I felt as though I had been subjected to an attentat, to an assault, but I had no desire to throw myself in adoration before the two masters [Disney and Stokowski] who were responsible for the brutalization of sensibility in this remarkable nightmare. . . . A supreme insult to the composers. . . . The perverted betrayal of the best instincts, the genius of a race turned into black magical destruction. ... If the man [Beethoven] who turned against Napoleon had lived to see the inside of a Nazi concentration camp his torturers might have driven...
...human nature in its varying forms. He has, however, devoted most of his time to journalism and to the writing of light novels, contributing frequently to the "Temps" and "Journal." Among the books which he has written may be mentioned the following: "L'Enfer Parisien," "La Russie Souterraine," "L'Attentat Sloughine" "Un de Nous," "Mederic et Lisee," "Chez les Filles," "L'Amour Infirme...
...Paris. He was born in Havre in 1860. He has devoted himself chiefly to journalism and the writing of light novels, contributing frequently to the "Temps" and "Journal." Among the books M. LeRoux has written may be mentioned the following: 'L'Enfer Parisien," "La Russie Souterraine," 'L'Attentat Sloughine," "Un de Nous," "Mederic et Lisee," "Chez les Filles," "L' Amour Infirme." Last year M. LeRoux made a dari g exploration through Abyssinia...
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