Frédéric Soulié (23 December 1800 – 23 September 1847) was a

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and

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p. 347 (1996) He wrote over forty

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s like ''Mémoires du diable'' (1837-8).

Life

Frédéric Soulié was born in

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, the son of a

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professor. He gained a

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before going to

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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-Gruyer
Frédéric Soulié
''Encyclopaedia Universalis''. Accessed 13 January 2013.

Works

Plays

* ''Roméo et Juliette'', 1828. * ''Christine à Fontainebleau'', 1829. * ''Clotilde'', 1832. * ''Diane de Chivri'', 1839 * ''Le fils de la folle'' * ''Le Proscrit'', 1840 * ''La Closerie des Genêts'', 1846.

Novels

* ''Les deux cadavres'' he two corpses 1832. * ''Le vicomte de Béziers'', 1834. * ''Le comte de Toulouse'', 1835. * ''Les mémoires du diable'' emoirs of the devil 1837-8. (translated into English by Black Coat Press in 2 volumes) * ''Les prétendus'' he pretenders 1842. * ''La lionne'' he lion 1846 * ''La comtesse de Monrion'', 1847 * ''Confession générale'' * ''Eulalie Pons'' * ''La Comtesse de Mourion'' * ''Saturnin Fichet''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soulie, Frederic 1800 births 1847 deaths People from Foix 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery 19th-century French novelists French male novelists 19th-century French male writers