 For the next twenty years, he contributed occasionally to the "Mercure", wrote plays and reflections (which were seldom of much worth), and so forth.He died on 12 February 1763, aged seventy-five.The so-called "Marivaudage" is the main point of importance about Marivaux's literary work, though the best of the comedies have great merits, and "Marianne" is an extremely important step in the development of the French novel.