author
Max Du Veuzit
1886–1952
A bestselling French writer of romantic fiction, this author published prolifically under the pen name Max du Veuzit and reached a wide popular audience. Behind that name was Alphonsine Zéphirine Vavasseur, whose emotional, accessible novels remained widely read for decades.
5 Audiobooks
Paternité
by Max Du Veuzit
L'Aumone
by Max Du Veuzit
Le Sentier
by Max Du Veuzit, Robert Nunès
Le Noël des Petits Gueux
by Max Du Veuzit
C'est la loi!
by Max Du Veuzit, George Lomelar
About the author
Born Alphonsine Zéphirine Vavasseur in Le Petit-Quevilly, France, she wrote under the pen name Max du Veuzit. She became known as a French novelist of sentimental fiction, a field in which she enjoyed major popular success.
Her work was especially associated with emotionally driven, reader-friendly storytelling, and many of her novels continued to circulate long after their first publication. Several titles are now available in public-domain editions, which has helped keep her name visible to modern readers.
Although some library records list different birth years, the most consistent biographical sources identify her as born in 1876 and dying in 1952 at Bois-Colombes. She remains a notable figure in popular French romance writing of the early 20th century.