Ch. Wilhelm

Very little confirmed information seems to survive about this author. Major public-domain catalogs such as Project Gutenberg and The Online Books Page list the name simply as Ch. Wilhelm, with Le duel au balai as the work most readily associated with it.

That scarcity makes the writing itself the main point of interest. Le duel au balai, originally published in French and later preserved by Project Gutenberg, is remembered as a light, humorous tale built around pride, prejudice, and an unexpectedly comic conflict in a small village.

Because reliable biographical sources are so limited, it is safest to treat Ch. Wilhelm as a little-documented author rather than attach unconfirmed personal details. For readers, that gives the work a certain mystery: a brief surviving story, a byline, and just enough of a trace to keep the author from disappearing completely.