title: Diderot: Selected Writings on Art and Literature (Penguin Classics)
author:  Denis Diderot 
description: Text: English (translation)<br /> Original Language: French
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  Dieudonat
  
  
  
  
  
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  Edmond Haraucourt
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Translated, annotated and introduced by
  
  
  Brian Stableford
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A Black Coat Press Book
  
  
  
  
  
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Introduction 4](004.html#a9)
  
  
  [DIEUDONAT 17](005.html#a12)
  
  
  [FRENCH SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY COLLECTION 315](042.html#a33)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Introduction
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Dieudonat, roman by Edmond Haraucourt (1856-1941), here translated as
  Dieudonat, was first published in book form by Ernest Flammarion in 1912. It
  was reprinted in an illustrated edition by Arthème Fayard in 1932. An earlier
  version of the story was, however, initially published as a series of fourteen
  “contes” in Le Journal in 1906, beginning with “L’Enfant doué” on 31 May and
  concluding with “Dans la rue” on 1 November. Much of Haraucourt’s work for Le
  Journal, his principal market for fiction after the turn of the century, was
  first published in that fashion, including the stories th