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Jules Sandeau
1811–1883
A 19th-century French novelist and dramatist, he is often remembered both for his own fiction and for his early connection with George Sand. His career later brought him into the Académie française and the heart of Paris literary life.
6 Audiobooks
The Cross of Berny; Or, Irene's Lovers
by Mme Emile de Girardin, Théophile Gautier, Joseph Méry, Jules Sandeau
Mademoiselle de la Seiglière Comédie en quatre actes, en prose
by Jules Sandeau
Jean de Thommeray; Le colonel Evrard
by Jules Sandeau
Mademoiselle de la Seiglière, Volume 1 (of 2)
by Jules Sandeau
Mademoiselle de la Seiglière, Volume 2 (of 2)
by Jules Sandeau
Lokkiluoto
by Jules Sandeau
About the author
Born in Aubusson, France, in 1811, Jules Sandeau became known as a novelist and playwright whose work blended romantic feeling with close observation of social manners. Reliable reference sources describe him as a prolific French writer, and note that he is still often remembered for his early collaboration and relationship with George Sand.
His career reached well beyond that youthful chapter. Sandeau later held literary and library posts, including work connected with the Bibliothèque Mazarine and the palace of Saint-Cloud, and he was elected to the Académie française in 1858. He also wrote for the stage, with Le Gendre de Monsieur Poirier, created with Émile Augier, among the works most often singled out.
He died in Paris in 1883. Today, he is usually placed among the respected French men of letters of the 1800s: widely active, closely tied to the literary world of his time, and still of interest to readers curious about the broader circle around George Sand and French Romantic-era fiction.