 In 1868, Paul Arène wrote his chef-d'œuvre, "Jean des Figues".After 1870, he wrote chronicles, poems, among which "Le Tor d'Entraÿs", "Le Clos des âmes", "Le Canot des six capitaines", "Au Bon Soleil" and "La Gueuse parfumée", and two collections.He also wrote "La Chèvre d'or", "Les Ogresses", "Le Midi bouge" and "Domnine".