author
M. Maryan
1847–1927
A prolific French novelist who wrote warmly for young women readers, this Breton-born author published around a hundred popular novels under a memorable pen name. Her stories were widely read in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
1 Audiobook
La Robe brodée d'argent
by M. Maryan
About the author
Born Marie Rosalie Virginie Cadiou in Brest on December 21, 1847, she wrote under the pen name M. Maryan. French reference sources identify her as a novelist, and the French National Library records her death in Brest on January 28, 1927.
She is generally described as a highly prolific writer whose work was especially aimed at young female readers. Library and reference listings credit her with a large body of fiction, and contemporary summaries often note that her novels combined romance, social life, and the moral values of her time.
The name M. Maryan is the one most closely associated with her books, and it remains the form used by major catalogues such as the BnF. For readers exploring older French popular fiction, she stands out as a successful and now somewhat rediscovered voice from that era.