author
X.-B. (Xavier-Boniface) Saintine
1798–1865
Best remembered for the novel Picciola, this prolific French writer moved easily between fiction and the stage, turning out a remarkable body of work in the first half of the 19th century. He also worked in collaboration with other dramatists, helping shape the lively theatrical culture of his time.
7 Audiobooks
Picciola
by X.-B. (Xavier-Boniface) Saintine
Myths of the Rhine
by X.-B. (Xavier-Boniface) Saintine
Picciola : The prisoner of Fenestrella or, captivity captive
by X.-B. (Xavier-Boniface) Saintine
La mythologie du Rhin
by X.-B. (Xavier-Boniface) Saintine
The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe
by X.-B. (Xavier-Boniface) Saintine
Le chemin des écoliers Promenade de Paris à Marly-le-Roy, en suivant les bords du Rhin
by X.-B. (Xavier-Boniface) Saintine
L'esclave du pacha, suivi de Histoire de ma grand'tante
by X.-B. (Xavier-Boniface) Saintine
About the author
Born in Paris in 1798 as Joseph Xavier Boniface, he wrote under the name X.-B. Saintine and built a career as both a novelist and dramatist. He is most closely associated with Picciola (1836), a sentimental and philosophical novel that brought him lasting recognition and was widely read beyond France.
Saintine was also notably productive in the theater. Reference works describe him as a frequent collaborator who contributed to a very large number of stage pieces, often working with other playwrights in the bustling French dramatic world of the 1800s.
He died in Paris in 1865. Today, he is remembered mainly for Picciola and for the sheer range of his writing across novels, poetry, and drama.