author
Mme. de Stolz
1820–1892
A prolific 19th-century French writer, she published novels, stories, and books for young readers under the name Madame de Stolz. Her work belongs to the lively world of popular French literature that reached families and children across the second half of the century.
1 Audiobook
A Casa do Saltimbanco
by Mme. de Stolz
About the author
Born Marie Françoise Josèphe Bégon de Larouzière and also known as Fanny de Bégon, Madame de Stolz was a French author born in Lorient on January 1, 1820, and she died in Paris on April 29, 1892. Modern library and reference records consistently identify her as a woman of letters who wrote under the name by which she is now best known.
She was especially remembered as a remarkably productive writer of the 19th century, publishing fiction and books for younger readers. Her name appears in major French bibliographic records, and later literary databases also show that her novels circulated beyond France, including in English translation.
Although some older sources linked her more closely with Nantes, more recent local historical work has clarified that she was in fact born in Lorient. That small correction says something useful about her afterlife as an author: she remained well enough known for libraries, historians, and readers to keep tracing her story long after her books first appeared.