author
Hermine Oudinot Lecomte du Noüy
1854–1915
A French novelist who wrote about love, uncertainty, and the emotional knots of modern life, she found a wide readership at the turn of the 20th century. Writing under several names, she built a career out of intimate, psychologically observant fiction.
3 Audiobooks
Amitié amoureuse
by Hermine Oudinot Lecomte du Noüy
Maudit soit l'Amour!
by Hermine Oudinot Lecomte du Noüy
Incertidumbre
by Hermine Oudinot Lecomte du Noüy
About the author
Born in Paris in 1854 as Hermine Oudinot, she became known as Hermine Lecomte du Noüy after marrying the architect André Lecomte du Noüy. She was a French writer who also used pen names including Pierre Guérande and L'auteur d'Amitié amoureuse.
Her best-known breakthrough came with Amitié amoureuse in 1896, a novel that helped establish her reputation. She went on to publish many works of fiction, often centered on relationships, inner conflict, and the shifting expectations placed on women and men in society.
She died in Paris in 1915. Today she is remembered as a prolific French woman of letters whose novels capture the feelings and tensions of her era in a direct, readable way.