ADAM, JULIETTE. - French writer, b. at Verberie (Oise) on 4 Oct. 1836, d. near Callian (Var) on 24 Aug. 1936. She published several novels of no great merit and of anticlerical spirit; artistically, the best is *Palme*, which, praised by opponents of religion, is pervaded by a deep sense of impiety. She also wrote tales of rural life and travel, a biography of Garibaldi, descriptions of the Siege of Paris and of political life after 1870. She also founded the *Nouvelle Revue* with a republican and literary program. Her anticlericalism later turned into pure religious faith (1905), which inspired her novel *Chrétienne* and the work *Rome au Jubilé* (1925), and made her a convinced and active Christian.
BIBL.: A. Elliot, *Madame A.*, Paris 1922; M. Cormier, *Madame J. A. ou l'Aurore de la Troisième République*, Bordeaux 1934.