Jules Sandeau
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Leonard Sylvain Julien Sandeau (February 19, 1811 – April 24, 1883) was a French
novelist.
He was born at Aubusson
(Creuse
), and was sent to Paris
to study law
, but spent much of his time in unruly behaviour with other students. He met George Sand
, then Madame Dudevant, at Le Coudray in the house of a friend, and when she came to Paris in 1831 they had a relationship. The intimacy did not last long, but it produced Rose et Blanche (1831), a novel written together under the pseudonym J. Sand, from which George Sand took her famous pseudonym
.
Sandeau continued to produce novels and plays for nearly fifty years. His major works are:
The famous play, Le Gendre de M. Poirier, is one of several which he wrote in collaboration with Émile Augier
--the novelist usually contributing the story and the dramatist the theatrical form. Sandeau's novels were less popular than his plays.
Sandeau had been made conservateur of the Mazarin library in 1853, elected to the Académie française
in 1858, and appointed librarian of St Cloud in 1859. At the suppression of this latter office, after the fall of the Second French Empire
, he was pensioned.
Jules Sandeau died in 1883 and was buried in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.
France
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novelist.
He was born at Aubusson
Aubusson, Creuse
Aubusson is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:...
(Creuse
Creuse
Creuse is a department in central France named after the Creuse River.-History:Creuse is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from the former province of La Marche....
), and was sent to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
to study law
Law
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, but spent much of his time in unruly behaviour with other students. He met George Sand
George Sand
Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, later Baroness Dudevant , best known by her pseudonym George Sand , was a French novelist and memoirist.-Life:...
, then Madame Dudevant, at Le Coudray in the house of a friend, and when she came to Paris in 1831 they had a relationship. The intimacy did not last long, but it produced Rose et Blanche (1831), a novel written together under the pseudonym J. Sand, from which George Sand took her famous pseudonym
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
.
Sandeau continued to produce novels and plays for nearly fifty years. His major works are:
- Marianna (1839), in which he draws a portrait of George Sand
- Le Docteur Herbeau (1841)
- Catherine (1845)
- Mademoiselle de la Seiglière (1848), a successful picture of society under Louis PhilippeLouis-Philippe of FranceLouis Philippe I was King of the French from 1830 to 1848 in what was known as the July Monarchy. His father was a duke who supported the French Revolution but was nevertheless guillotined. Louis Philippe fled France as a young man and spent 21 years in exile, including considerable time in the...
, dramatized in 1851 - Madeleine (1848)
- La Chasse au roman (1849)
- Sacs et parchemins (1851)
- La Maison de Penarvan (1858)
- La Roche aux mouettes (1871)
The famous play, Le Gendre de M. Poirier, is one of several which he wrote in collaboration with Émile Augier
Émile Augier
Guillaume Victor Émile Augier was a French dramatist. He was the thirteenth member to occupy seat 1 of the Académie française on 31 March 1857.-Biography:...
--the novelist usually contributing the story and the dramatist the theatrical form. Sandeau's novels were less popular than his plays.
Sandeau had been made conservateur of the Mazarin library in 1853, elected to the Académie française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
in 1858, and appointed librarian of St Cloud in 1859. At the suppression of this latter office, after the fall of the Second French Empire
Second French Empire
The Second French Empire or French Empire was the Imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III from 1852 to 1870, between the Second Republic and the Third Republic, in France.-Rule of Napoleon III:...
, he was pensioned.
Jules Sandeau died in 1883 and was buried in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.