ADAM, PAUL

born Dec. 7, 1862, Paris died Jan. 1, 1920, Paris author whose early works exemplify the Naturalist and Symbolist schools and who later won considerable reputation for his historical and sociological novels. Publication of his first Naturalist novel, Chair molle (1885), led to his being prosecuted; his second, Le Th chez Miranda (1886), written with Jean Moras, is an early example of Symbolism. In 1899, with La Force, he began a series of novels depicting French life during the period 1800-30; the last, Au soleil de Juillet, appeared in 1903. He travelled widely and wrote two books on his American journeys, Vues d'Amrique (1906) and Le Trust (1910). His autobiography, in the form of a novel, Jeunesse et amours de Manuel Hricourt, appeared in 1913.