author
Jacques de Boisjoslin
1840–1914
A French man of letters with a strong interest in history and literary criticism, he wrote on figures such as Laclos and on themes from eighteenth-century France. His work sits in the world of learned essays rather than popular fiction, giving modern readers a window into the literary culture of his time.
1 Audiobook
Notes sur Laclos et Les Liaisons Dangereuses
by Jacques de Boisjoslin, George Mossé
About the author
Jacques de Boisjoslin was a French writer active around the turn of the twentieth century. Library authority records identify him as living from 1840 to 1914, and they connect his name with historical and literary studies rather than novels or poetry.
Among the works linked to him are Notes sur Laclos et Les Liaisons dangereuses, written with George Mossé, and Quelques meneuses d'hommes au XVIIIe siècle. These titles suggest the kind of subjects that drew him most: eighteenth-century French culture, notable personalities, and close reading of influential texts.
Clear biographical details beyond his dates and publications are limited in the sources I could confirm here, so the picture that survives is mainly that of a thoughtful essayist and critic. For readers today, his appeal lies in that scholarly curiosity and in the way his books preserve an older style of French literary commentary.