br une ▁wrote ▁for ▁several ▁women ' s ▁mag az ines ▁and ▁she ▁also ▁published ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁nov els . ▁Intel lect ually ▁she ▁had ▁interests ▁in ▁both ▁scientific , ▁philosoph ical ▁and ▁m ason ic ▁ideas . ▁She ▁opposed ▁capital ▁pun ishment ▁and ▁her ▁femin ism ▁was ▁character ized ▁as ▁" unden i able ▁and ▁contradict ory ". ▁P ey re br une ▁published ▁four teen ▁works ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s ▁with ▁the ▁fir ms ▁Cal mann - L év y , ▁Char pent ier , ▁D ent u , ▁O ll endor ff , ▁and ▁Pl on . ▁For ▁many ▁years , ▁she ▁served ▁as ▁on ▁the ▁all ▁female ▁j ury ▁for ▁the ▁Prix ▁F ém ina ▁literary ▁prize . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 9 , ▁she ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁ 4 0 ▁members ▁elected ▁by ▁the ▁readers ▁of ▁F ém ina ▁to ▁represent ▁" A ▁Fem ale ▁Academy ". ▁ ▁P ey re br une ' s ▁nom ▁de ▁pl ume ▁started ▁with ▁" Ge org es ", ▁after ▁George ▁Sand ▁because ▁P ey re br une ▁held ▁her ▁work ▁in ▁high ▁regard . ▁The ▁writers ▁Camil le ▁Del av ille ▁and ▁Rach ilde ▁were ▁her ▁friends . ▁P ey re br une ▁married ▁Paul ▁Ad rien ▁N uma ▁E im ery , ▁from ▁Chan cel ade , ▁signing ▁the ▁marriage ▁license ▁" G . ▁John ston ▁de ▁P ey re br une "; ▁it ▁was ▁an ▁unh appy ▁marriage ▁and ▁there ▁were