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Le Voleur (journal)
''Le Voleur'' was an illustrated literary magazine published weekly in Paris from 1828 until 1907. It was established by Charles Lautour-Mézeray and Émile de Girardin. During its existence, it had a variety of subtitles including ''Journal littéraire de Paris'' and ''Gazette des journaux français et étrangers''. In the last decades of its publication it went by the title ''Le Voleur illustré''. The journal published literary criticism, satire, interviews, extracts from recently published or soon-to-be published fiction, and reprints of (often sensationalist) articles from other magazines and newspapers.Yousif, Keri (2016)''Balzac, Grandville, and the Rise of Book Illustration'' pp. 9; 23–24. Routledge. The title of ''Le Voleur'' (French for "The Thief") reflected its practice of lifting articles and illustrations from other publications, often without credit to the previous author or publication. Plagiarism was pervasive in French journals in the 19th century. However, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Soulié
Frédéric Soulié (23 December 1800 – 23 September 1847) was a French people, French popular novelist and playwright.The Cambridge Paperback Guide to Theatre p. 347 (1996) He wrote over forty sensation novels like ''Mémoires du diable'' (1837-8). Life Frédéric Soulié was born in Foix, the son of a philosopher professor. He gained a law degree before going to Paris to pursue a literary life. Though his early historical dramas were unsuccessful, he gained more attention with the novel ''Les deux cadavres'' (1832).France Canh-GruyerFrédéric Soulié ''Encyclopaedia Universalis''. Accessed 13 January 2013. Works |
Magazines Disestablished In 1907
A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally financed by advertising, newsagent's shop, purchase price, prepaid subscription business model, subscriptions, or by a combination of the three. They are categorised by their frequency of publication (i.e., as weeklies, monthlies, quarterlies, etc.), their target audiences (e.g., women's and trade magazines), their subjects of focus (e.g., popular science and religious), and their tones or approach (e.g., works of satire or humor). Appearance on the cover of print magazines has historically been understood to convey a place of honor or distinction to an individual or event. Term origin and definition Origin The etymology of the word "magazine" suggests derivation from the Arabic language, Arabic (), the broken plural of () meaning "depot, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Literary Criticism
French may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France ** French people, a nation and ethnic group ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), a 2008 film * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a type of military jacket or tunic * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French (catheter scale), a unit of measurement * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French Revolution (other) * French River (other), several rivers and other places * Frenching (other) * Justice French (other) Justice French may refer to: * C. G. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct French-language Magazines
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Defunct Literary Magazines Published In France
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Samuel-Henri Berthoud
Samuel-Henri Berthoud (19 January 1804 – 26 March 1891) was a 19th-century French writer, journalist, and popular science writer for youth. Biographie The son of a printer and bookseller of his hometown, after his studies on a scholarship at , Berthoud wrote the newspaper his father had founded in 1828, the ''Gazette de Cambrai'', and inserted there serials that were noticed and made him admit to major literary magazines, the '' Revue des deux Mondes'', ''la Patrie'' (under the pen name " Sam "), ''la Mode'' etc. He was chief editor of the ''Musée des familles'' then of the ''Mercure de France'', in which he wrote extensively. At the same time, he instituted in his hometown of Cambrai, free courses of health, anatomy, business law, and undertook himself to teach literature. He completed his collection ''Chroniques et traditions surnaturelles de la Flandre'', launched at that time, which he eventually brought to 3 volumes (1831–1834). Berthoud was not only a prolific wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Peau De Chagrin
''La Peau de chagrin'' (, ''The Skin of Shagreen''), known in English as ''The Magic Skin'' and ''The Wild Ass's Skin'', is an 1831 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850). Set in early 19th-century Paris, it tells the story of a young man who finds a magic piece of shagreen (untanned skin from a wild ass) that fulfills his every desire. For each wish granted, however, the skin shrinks and consumes a portion of his physical energy. ''La Peau de chagrin'' belongs to the ''Études philosophiques'' group of Balzac's sequence of novels, ''La Comédie humaine''. Before the book was completed, Balzac created excitement about it by publishing a series of articles and story fragments in several Parisian journals. Although he was five months late in delivering the manuscript, he succeeded in generating sufficient interest that the novel sold out instantly upon its publication. A second edition, which included a series of twelve other "philosophical tales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gobseck
''Gobseck'', an 1830 novella by French author Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), appears in the ''Scènes de la vie privée'' section of his novel sequence ''La Comédie humaine''. ''Gobseck'' first appeared in outline form in '' La Mode'' in March 1830 under the title ''l'Usurier'' (''The Usurer''), and then in August 1830 in the periodical ''Le Voleur''. The actual novella appeared in a volume published by Mame-Delaunay under the title ''Les Dangers de l'inconduite''. This novella would appear in 1835 under the title of ''Papa Gobseck'' in a volume published by Madame Charles-Béchet. The definitive title of ''Gobseck'' originated in 1842 in the Furne edition of ''La Comédie humaine''. Plot The plot of ''Gobseck'', set during the French Restoration period of 1815 to 1830, is framed within a conversation between lawyer Maître Derville and the Vicomtesse de Grandlieu. Derville tells a story which focuses on Anastasie de Restaud, née Goriot. Anastasie, the daughter of a rich bou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honoré De Balzac
Honoré de Balzac ( , more commonly ; ; born Honoré Balzac; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence ''La Comédie humaine'', which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his ''Masterpiece, magnum opus''. Owing to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of Literary realism, realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multi-faceted characters; even his lesser characters are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. Inanimate objects are imbued with character as well; the city of Paris, a backdrop for much of his writing, takes on many human qualities. His writing influenced many famous writers, including the novelists Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Marcel Proust, Gustave Flaubert, and Henry James, and filmmakers François Truffaut and Jacques Rivette. Many of Balzac's works have been made into films an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
