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Sous la robe (1897), meaning "Under the Robe," is a work by Belgian novelist and art critic Eugène Demolder. It is a memoir that chronicles the professional and cultural life of a class at the forefront of Belgian literary reform. Demolder was part of the "Young Belgium" literary movement in the late 19th century. His novels, including Sous la robe, are noted for their atmospheric qualities, often presenting sequences of scenes rather than linear narratives.1

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