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Émile Chédieu de Robethon
b. 1814
A little-known 19th-century French writer and jurist, best remembered for preserving literary history in print. His surviving work links him to Chateaubriand and Madame de Custine through edited correspondence and biographical episodes.
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Chateaubriand et Madame de Custine: Episodes et correspondance inédite
by Émile Chédieu de Robethon, vicomte de François-René Chateaubriand, marquise de Delphine de Sabran Custine
About the author
Born in 1814, Émile Chédieu de Robethon was a French jurist and author. Reliable catalog records for him are sparse, but the Bibliothèque nationale de France identifies him as a 19th-century writer, and library and book records consistently connect him with literary and historical publication rather than fiction.
He is chiefly known for Chateaubriand et Madame de Custine: épisodes et correspondance inédite, published in 1893. That book centers on François-René de Chateaubriand and Delphine de Custine, suggesting a strong interest in literary history, memoir, and correspondence.
Some modern book-community sources also describe him as a translator from Greek into French, though the easily confirmed records available here are too brief to say much more with confidence. No clearly verifiable portrait image was found from the sources reviewed.