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Raoul Rinfret
A French-Canadian writer from the late 19th century, he wrote practical and timely books for his readers, from a guide to common mistakes in French to works on the Yukon gold rush. His surviving bibliography suggests an author interested in both language and everyday life in a fast-changing era.
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Dictionnaire de nos fautes contre la langue française
by Raoul Rinfret
About the author
Raoul Rinfret is a little-known French-language author whose works are preserved today mainly through library catalogs and digitized historical editions. Reliable records for his life are scarce, but multiple library sources confirm that he published several books in the 1890s.
His best-known title is Dictionnaire de nos fautes contre la langue française (1896), a reference book devoted to correcting common errors in French. Catalog records also attribute to him Le guide du mineur (1898) and Le Yukon et son or (1898), showing that his writing ranged from language guidance to practical and topical subjects connected with the Yukon gold rush.
Because biographical information about him is limited, Rinfret is best understood through his books: concise, useful works aimed at helping readers navigate speech, writing, and the opportunities of his time. That mix of language instruction and frontier-era practicality gives his bibliography a distinctive historical charm.