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A. (Alexandre) Privat d'Anglemont
1815–1859
A lively chronicler of old Paris, he turned the city’s night streets, odd trades, and bohemian corners into unforgettable scenes. His books are still valued for the vivid way they capture everyday life in mid-19th-century Paris.
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Paris Anecdote Avec une préface et des notes par Charles Monselet
by A. (Alexandre) Privat d'Anglemont
About the author
Born in Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, on August 21, 1815, Alexandre Privat d'Anglemont became a French writer and journalist known for his sharp, colorful portraits of Parisian life. He studied in France and built a reputation as an observant, unconventional man of letters.
He is best remembered for works such as Paris anecdote (1854), with its sketches of little-known professions, nightlife, and street culture. Readers and later critics have often linked him with the bohemian world of his time, because his writing drew so closely on the people and places he wandered through.
Privat d'Anglemont died in Paris in July 1859. Though not as widely known today as some of his contemporaries, he remains an engaging guide to the hidden, eccentric, and human side of 19th-century Paris.