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“I was in a blazing hurry, like someone who is going to die young and thus works twice as hard.” This quote by one of Raymond Radiguet’s characters could easily be applied to the author himself. In three years, Radiguet (1903−23) published three articles as well as poems and novels, among which Le Diable au corps (The devil in the flesh) was a best seller and became a classic. Le Bal du Comte d’Orgel (Count d'Orgel’s ball), presented here, was Radiguet’s second novel. Written ...