author
Edmond Lepelletier
1846–1913
A prolific French journalist and novelist, he moved through the literary and political life of his time with unusual range. He is especially remembered for his long friendship with Paul Verlaine and for books that mixed firsthand experience, biography, and popular storytelling.
4 Audiobooks
Madame Sans-Gêne, Tome 2 La Maréchale
by Edmond Lepelletier, Émile Moreau, Victorien Sardou
Madame Sans-Gêne, Tome 1 Roman tiré de la Pièce de Mm. Victorien Sardou et Émile Moreau
by Edmond Lepelletier, Émile Moreau, Victorien Sardou
Madame Sans-Gêne, Tome 3 Le Roi de Rome
by Edmond Lepelletier, Émile Moreau, Victorien Sardou
Emile Zola, Sa Vie—Son Oeuvre
by Edmond Lepelletier
About the author
Born in the Batignolles district of Paris on June 26, 1846, Edmond Lepelletier became a French journalist, novelist, biographer, and politician. Reliable reference sources describe him as a prolific popular writer, and they consistently note his close lifelong connection to the poet Paul Verlaine.
Lepelletier wrote across several forms, including fiction, literary biography, and historical works. Among the books linked to him in major library and archive records are studies of Paul Verlaine and Émile Zola, along with numerous novels and other writings, which gives a sense of both his productivity and his interest in the writers and public debates of his era.
His life also reached beyond literature into public affairs. Reference records identify him as active in French political life and as a deputy of the Seine in the early 20th century. He died at Vittel on July 22, 1913.