I have tried to read French literature systematically downwards, beginning with Villon, and already got as far as the mid-nineteenth century.
我在系统地用心读法国文学，从维龙开始，已经读到十九世纪中期。
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He remained unknown to his professors, publishing instead the translations of François Villon, a rebellious 15th-century French poet, that launched his literary career.