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Louis Nicolardot
1822–1888
Best known as a French essayist and critic, he wrote lively, often combative books on literary and historical subjects, including studies of Voltaire, Théophile Gautier, La Fontaine, and Louis XVI.
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L'Impeccable Théophile Gautier et les sacrilèges romantiques
by Louis Nicolardot
About the author
Born in Dijon on November 28, 1822, and dead in Levallois-Perret on November 21, 1888, Louis Nicolardot was a 19th-century French essayist, critic, and man of letters. Sources consistently describe him as an essayist and critic, and French library records confirm his dates and the broad range of his published work.
He appears to have specialized in anecdotal, literary, and historical writing. His known books include Journal de Louis XVI, L'Impeccable Théophile Gautier et les sacrilèges romantiques, and La Fontaine et la Comédie humaine; bibliographic listings also connect him with writing on Voltaire. Contemporary and later reference pages present him as a strongly conservative voice in literature, politics, and religion.
For readers today, Nicolardot is an interesting figure less for fame than for viewpoint: a sharp-tongued 19th-century commentator whose books reflect the literary arguments and historical passions of his time.