"e;Calvary"e; ("e;Le Calvaire"e;) is a 1886 novel by the French journalist, playwright, and novelist Octave Mirbeau. Heavily drawing from his own life, Mirbeau's "e;Calvary"e; is a romanticised retelling of his fateful affair with a woman of questionable morals named Judith Vinmer - "e;Juliette Roux"e; in the novel. Octave Mirbeau (1848 - 1917) was a French playwright, travel writer, journalist, p...