Octave Féré

Born Charles Octave Moget in Tours in October 1815, he wrote under the pen name Octave Féré and built a career as a French writer and journalist. Sources from the Bibliothèque nationale de France and Gallica note that he spent part of his childhood in Normandy, whose local legends later fed into his writing.

He contributed to the magazine L'Omnibus and also collaborated on plays with the dramatist Saint-Yves. His long list of works includes historical adventures, mysteries, and popular novels such as Les mystères du Louvre, Les mystères de Rouen, and Le Docteur Vampire, showing a taste for vivid plots and dramatic settings.

Though often described as a minor writer of the 19th century, he was clearly a busy and versatile one, writing for readers who enjoyed suspense, history, and melodrama. He died in Paris in April 1875.