Try removing the backslashes. My /e/n/interfaces:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.2.4
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.2.255
gateway 192.168.2.1
network 192.168.254.0
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