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Even though Corneille was prolific after his return to the stage, writing one play a year for the 14 years after 1659, his plays did not have the same success as those written in his earlier career.
In this latter year Corneille (who had at last removed his residence from Rouen to Paris in 1662) was included among the list of men of letters pensioned at the proposal of Colbert.
Corneille, unlike many of the great writers of the world, was not driven to wait for the next age to do him justice.
Napoleon Bonaparte was a great admirer of Corneille ("s'il vivait, je le ferais prince", he said), and under the Empire and the Restoration an approach to a sounder appreciation was made.
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