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B. de (Berthe de) Buxy
1863–1921
A French novelist who published under the name B. de Buxy, she is remembered for fiction such as La Demoiselle au Bois Dormant and La famille de Burgau. Her surviving bibliography suggests a writer of popular French prose from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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La Demoiselle au Bois Dormant
by B. de (Berthe de) Buxy
About the author
Published as B. de Buxy and also identified in library records as Berthe de Buxy, this French author is associated with works including La Demoiselle au Bois Dormant, La famille de Burgau, and Soeur Petite.
Reliable catalog sources are a little inconsistent about her personal details, so it is best to be cautious. Some records list her as Berthe de Buxy (1863–1921), while the Bibliothèque nationale de France links the pen name Blanche de Buxy to Blanche Legrand, born in 1863. What can be said with confidence is that she published French-language fiction and that her books continued to circulate through libraries and later digitization projects.
Today, she is mostly encountered through historical catalogues and digital editions rather than mainstream biographies. That gives her work a rediscovery appeal: a lesser-known French novelist whose books still offer a window into the tastes and storytelling styles of her era.