Editing Maurice Barrès (section)

===Final years and death===

An Orientalist romance, ''[[Un jardin sur l'Oronte]]'' (A Garden on the Orontes)—which would be the basis of [[Un jardin sur l'Oronte (opera)|an opera of the same name]]—was published in 1922, triggering what would be called {{lang|fr|la querelle de l'Oronte}} (the Orontes Quarrel).
{{quote|Devout and sincere Catholics were shocked by the complacent, skilful, sometimes enchanting ways of Barrès in mixing the sacred and the profane. His heroine [Oriante] was both pagan and irresistible—and this provoked revolt.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Bookman|year=1923|volume=56|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yqQSAAAAMAAJ|page=655}}</ref>}}

Barrès died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 4 December 1923.