In his last two novels, La 628-E8 (1907) – including La Mort de Balzac – and Dingo (1913), he strayed ever further from realism, giving free rein to fantasy elements and casting his cat and his own dog as heroes.
En seus dúas últimas novelas - La 628-E8 (1907) e Dingo (1913), Mirbeau se afasta do realismo, dando espazo para elementos de fantasía elixindo seu coche e seu propio cachorro como heroes.