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'''Papillon''' [papijɔ̃] is a memoir by convicted felon and fugitive Henri Charrière, first published in France in 1969.
[[File:Papillon_book_cover.jpg|thumb|Cover of ''Papillon'' by Henri Charrièr.]]'''''Papillon''''' [papijɔ̃] is a memoir by convicted felon and fugitive Henri Charrière, first published in France in 1969.


It describes Charrière's escape from Devil's Island, part of the French penal colony in French Guiana.  
It describes Charrière's escape from Devil's Island, part of the French penal colony in French Guiana.  

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Cover of Papillon by Henri Charrièr.

Papillon [papijɔ̃] is a memoir by convicted felon and fugitive Henri Charrière, first published in France in 1969.

It describes Charrière's escape from Devil's Island, part of the French penal colony in French Guiana.

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