Frederic Shoberl

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Frederic Shoberl

1775–1853

Best remembered as an editor, translator, and man of letters, he helped shape the lively world of early 19th-century publishing. His work ranged from magazines and literary annuals to travel writing and translations, including an early English version of Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.

2 Audiobooks

Narrative of the Most Remarkable Events Which Occurred in and near Leipzig Immediately Before, During, and Subsequent to, the Sanguinary Series of Engagements Between the Allied Armies of the French, from the 14th to the 19th October, 1813

Narrative of the Most Remarkable Events Which Occurred in and near Leipzig Immediately Before, During, and Subsequent to, the Sanguinary Series of Engagements Between the Allied Armies of the French, from the 14th to the 19th October, 1813

by Frederic Shoberl

Austria containing a Description of the Manners, Customs, Character and Costumes of the People of that Empire

Austria containing a Description of the Manners, Customs, Character and Costumes of the People of that Empire

by Frederic Shoberl

About the author

Born in London in 1775, Frederic Shoberl was educated at the Moravian school at Fulneck near Leeds. He went on to build a remarkably varied career as a journalist, editor, translator, writer, and illustrator, becoming one of the busy literary figures behind Britain's expanding periodical culture.

He is especially noted for editing Forget-Me-Not, widely described as the first literary annual, issued for 1823. He was also connected with the New Monthly Magazine and worked on Rudolph Ackermann's Repository of Arts, placing him at the center of fashionable and commercial print culture in the early 1800s.

Shoberl's writing and translating covered a wide range of subjects, from history and travel to literature. Among the works linked with his name is an English translation of Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. He died in London in 1853, leaving behind a career that shows just how many different roles one author could play in the literary world of his time.