Apter, Emily. "The Garden of Scopic Perversion from Monet to Mirbeau." October (Winter 1988): 91-115.

Examines the theme of "the perverse curiosity of the gaze" in Mirbeau's Le jardin dès supplices.

Carr, Reg. Anarchism in France: The Case of Octave Mirbeau. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1977, 190 p.

Studies the relationship between the anarchist movement in France and the works of Mirbeau. An appendix includes reprints in French of Mirbeau's major essays on anarchism.

Newton, Joy. "Emile Zola and Octave Mirbeau, with Extracts from Their Unpublished Letters." Nottingham French Studies 25, No. 2 (October 1986): 42-59.

Scrutinizes the often stormy personal and professional relationship between Mirbeau and Zola.

Redfern, W. D. "The Pyromaniac Fireman." The Times Literary Supplement No. 3942 (14 October 1977): 1197.

Review of Reg Carr's Anarchism in France: The Case of Octave Mirbeau and four reprint editions of works by Mirbeau.

Additional coverage of Mirbeau's life and career is contained in the following sources...