Frédéric Soulié

Frédéric Soulié

Frédéric Soulié (1800-1847) was a French popular novelist and playwright.[1] 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).[2]

Works

Plays

Novels

References

  1. The Cambridge Paperback Guide to Theatre, p. 347 (1996)
  2. France Canh-Gruyer, Frédéric Soulié, Encyclopaedia Universalis. Accessed 13 January 2013.

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