author
Alfred de Musset
1810–1857
A leading voice of French Romanticism, he wrote with unusual candor about love, youth, disappointment, and desire. His poems, plays, and fiction still feel intimate and emotionally direct.
13 Audiobooks
The Confession of a Child of the Century
by Alfred de Musset
Œuvres complètes de Alfred de Musset — Tome 4
by Alfred de Musset
Vuosisadan lapsen tunnustus
by Alfred de Musset
Œuvres complètes de Alfred de Musset — Tome 3
by Alfred de Musset
The Confession of a Child of the Century — Volume 2
by Alfred de Musset
The Confession of a Child of the Century — Volume 3
by Alfred de Musset
Gamiani, ou Une nuit d'excès
by Alfred de Musset
The Confession of a Child of the Century — Complete
by Alfred de Musset
Œuvres Complètes de Alfred de Musset — Tome 6.
by Alfred de Musset
The Confession of a Child of the Century — Volume 1
by Alfred de Musset
Œuvres complètes de Alfred de Musset — Tome 5
by Alfred de Musset
Œuvres Complètes de Alfred de Musset — Tome 7.
by Alfred de Musset
Ranskalaista laulurunoutta Alfred Musset'n, Paul Verlaine'n ja Charles Baudelaire'n runoja
by Alfred de Musset, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine
About the author
Born in Paris in 1810, Alfred de Musset became one of the major writers of the French Romantic movement. He worked across poetry, drama, and fiction, and is especially known for works such as Lorenzaccio and the autobiographical novel La Confession d’un enfant du siècle.
His writing often turns intense personal feeling into something clear and musical, which helps explain why readers still connect with it. A relationship with the novelist George Sand is frequently discussed as part of his life story, and themes of love, disillusionment, and restless youth run strongly through his work.
Musset was elected to the Académie française late in life and died in Paris in 1857. His reputation has lasted not only because he was a central Romantic figure, but because his voice can feel surprisingly modern: witty, wounded, and honest at the same time.