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Paul de Musset
1804–1880
A 19th-century French man of letters, he is remembered both for his own novels and travel writing and for preserving the story of his famous brother, Alfred de Musset. His career moved through literature, family memory, and the literary debates of Romantic-era France.
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La Chèvre Jaune
by Paul de Musset
About the author
Paul-Edme de Musset was born in Paris on November 7, 1804, and died there in May 1880. A French writer and the elder brother of Alfred de Musset, he became closely linked with his brother’s literary legacy, and modern reference works still describe that connection as central to his career.
He wrote in several modes, including fiction, travel writing, and biography. Among the works associated with him are Lui et Elle, published in 1859 as a response to George Sand’s Elle et Lui, and a biographical study of Alfred de Musset that helped shape how later readers understood the poet’s life.
That mix of author and family witness gives his work a special place in 19th-century French literature. Even when he is introduced through Alfred’s fame, Paul de Musset stands out as a writer who turned personal history into books that kept the Romantic period vivid for later generations.